Ghost Elephants

Synopsis

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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Cast

Werner Herzog

Self - Narrator (voice)

Steve Boyes

Self

Kerllen Costa

Self - Environmental Anthropologist

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Xui

Self

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Xui Dawid

Self

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Kobus

Self

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Gary Trower

Self - Anthropologist, San Culture Specialist

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Jordana Meyer

Self - Molecular Ecologist, Stanford University

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Regedor Kaketche

Self - King of the Nkangala

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António Luhoke

Self - Luchazi Hunter

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Melissa Hawkins

Self - Curator of Mammals, Smithsonian Institution

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Mary Faith Flores

Self - Molecular Technician, Smithsonian Institution

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Katherine Solari

Self - Conservation Genomics, Stanford University

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Ellie Armstrong

Self - Evolutionary Genomics, UC Riverside

Crew

Camera

• Rafael Leyva Director of Photography
• Roger Horrocks Underwater Camera
• Johann Vorster Camera Operator

Crew

• Roger Horrocks Cinematography
• Eric Averdung Cinematography

Directing

• Werner Herzog Director

Editing

• Marco Capalbo Editor
• Shane Ross Colorist
• Juan Salvo Colorist

Production

• Ariel Leon Isacovitch Producer
• Andrew Trapani Executive Producer
• Emerson Farrell Executive Producer
• David Sze Executive Producer
• David B. Kirk Executive Producer
• Terrence Battle Executive Producer
• Casey Graf Executive Producer
• Brian Nugent Executive Producer
• Carolyn Bernstein Executive Producer
• Tim Horsburgh Executive Producer
• Werner Herzog Producer
• Ahmed Al-Tayyeb Co-Executive Producer

Sound

• Ernst Reijseger Original Music Composer
• Erik Bosgraaf Musician

Writing

• Werner Herzog Writer
• Werner Herzog Screenplay

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