Feb 27, 2026
99 min
Full-HD

Ghost Elephants (2026)

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.

Category

Documentary

Country

United States of America Namibia Angola

Companies

Sobey Road Entertainment Skellig Rock The Roots Production Service

Werner Herzog

Narrator (voice)

Steve Boyes

Self

Kerllen Costa

Self - Environmental Anthropologist

Xui

Self

Xui Dawid

Self

Kobus

Self

Gary Trower

Self - Anthropologist, San Culture Specialist

Jordana Meyer

Self - Molecular Ecologist, Stanford University

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