Ghost Elephants
2026An epic search for a mythical giant.
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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Werner Herzog
Narrator (voice)
Steve Boyes
Self
Kerllen Costa
Environmental Anthropologist
Xui
Self
Xui Dawid
Self
Kobus
Self
Gary Trower
Anthropologist, San Culture Specialist
Jordana Meyer
Molecular Ecologist, Stanford University
Regedor Kaketche
King of the Nkangala
António Luhoke
Luchazi Hunter
Melissa Hawkins
Curator of Mammals, Smithsonian Institution
Mary Faith Flores
Molecular Technician, Smithsonian Institution
Katherine Solari
Conservation Genomics, Stanford University
Ellie Armstrong
Evolutionary Genomics, UC Riverside
