Two lionesses, Matimba and Kanya, raise four white cubs alone on South Africa's Kruger Park savanna, without a male to guard the pride against rivals or predators. The film tracks the small group known as the Xakubasa, or White Pride, from the cubs' birth in May 2009 through the early months when survival is least certain. White fur, a rare recessive trait, makes the cubs unusually visible against the grass, a liability the footage returns to repeatedly as buffalo herds, elephants, hyenas, and leopards pass close to the den. Rogue males looking to take over the territory pose the sharper threat, since an incoming male would kill cubs that are not his own. Matimba and Kanya split hunting and guard duty between them, and the cameras follow their patrols, kills, and near-misses as the cubs learn to stalk, hide, and read danger on their own. The story stays close to this one family, watching whether two lionesses without backup can get four vulnerable cubs to independence.