Ghost Elephants

Documentary 2026 · 1h 39m 12

An epic search for a mythical giant.

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Ghost Elephants

In Angola's mist-shrouded highlands, three KhoiSan master trackers embark on a spiritual quest to rediscover the legendary "ghost elephants" of Lisima, creatures presumed lost but remembered in ancestral trance, ritual, and memory.

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14 people

Werner Herzog Narrator (voice)

Steve Boyes Self

Kerllen Costa Self - Environmental Anthropologist

X Xui Self

X Xui Dawid Self

K Kobus Self

G Gary Trower Self - Anthropologist, San Culture Specialist

J Jordana Meyer Self - Molecular Ecologist, Stanford University

R Regedor Kaketche Self - King of the Nkangala

A António Luhoke Self - Luchazi Hunter

M Melissa Hawkins Self - Curator of Mammals, Smithsonian Institution

M Mary Faith Flores Self - Molecular Technician, Smithsonian Institution

K Katherine Solari Self - Conservation Genomics, Stanford University

E Ellie Armstrong Self - Evolutionary Genomics, UC Riverside

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