‘Cecil: The Lion and the Dentist’ review: This engrossing, often hard to watch, documentary exposes the dark industry of trophy hunting

‘Cecil: The Lion and the Dentist’ review: This engrossing, often hard to watch, documentary exposes the dark industry of trophy hunting

The term ‘trophy hunting’ is a misnomer. When Cecil the lion was killed with a bow and arrow by Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer in Zimbabwe in 2015, prompting a worldwide wave of anger and disgust, it wasn’t a hunt.