Image: Wikimedia Commons

Duma

Name: Duma
Director: Carroll Ballard
Released: 2005-01-01

2005 film by Carroll Ballard

FilmfilmQ1946639

Released: 2005
Director: Carroll Ballard
1
Sources
1.imdb.com/title/tt0361715/Retrieved 2016-04-18
View statement on Wikidata ↗
Producer: John Wells
Cast: Alexander Michaeletos
, Eamonn Walker
1
Sources
1.imdb.com/title/tt0361715/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-04-18
View statement on Wikidata ↗
, Hope Davis
2
Sources
1.metacritic.com/movie/dumaRetrieved 2016-04-18
2.imdb.com/title/tt0361715/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-04-18
View statement on Wikidata ↗
, Campbell Scott
2
Sources
1.metacritic.com/movie/dumaRetrieved 2016-04-18
2.imdb.com/title/tt0361715/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-04-18
View statement on Wikidata ↗
Runtime: 100 min
Genre: children's film
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Duma is a 2005 American family drama adventure film about a young South African boy's friendship with an orphaned cheetah, based on How It Was with Dooms by Carol Cawthra Hopcraft and Xan Hopcraft. It was directed by Carroll Ballard and stars Alexander Michaletos in his only film role, Eamonn Walker, Campbell Scott and Hope Davis. This was Carroll Ballard's final film before his retirement.

Overview

All data

71 statements · 24% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Narrative location: South Africa
Website: warnerbros.com/duma language: English
Filming location: South Africa
Title: Duma
Color: color
Filmiroda rating: Category II rating certificate id: F/2153/J
1
Sources
1.Stated in terjesztesre_kerulo_filmalkotasok_nyilvantartasa.xlsx
View statement on Wikidata ↗
Distribution format: video on demand
Based on: How It Was with Dooms
Review score: 93%(October 7, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 61 critic review
1
Sources
1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Duma”Retrieved 2021-10-07
View statement on Wikidata ↗
7.5/10(October 7, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
1
Sources
1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Duma”Retrieved 2021-10-07
View statement on Wikidata ↗
Kijkwijzer rating: 6 content descriptor: Violence, Fear
1
Sources
1.kijkwijzer.nl/films/duma/Retrieved 2025-07-13
View statement on Wikidata ↗
Has characteristic: film based on a book

On other databases

41 identifiers linking Duma across the web's reference databases

Reviews on Fresh KernelsCritic and audience scores

Data quality

statements

24%

externally sourced

Source last edited October 18, 2026. AIDb refreshes this page daily.

Suggest a fact or correction

Links

Use this data

curl https://aidb.si/api/v1/entities/Q1946639

API docs, limits & keys

Cite this page

AIDb. (2026). Duma (Q1946639). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/duma-Q1946639