The read
A Balasaur Score of 88 out of 100, drawn from Rotten Tomatoes 98%, TMDB 7.6/10. Scores higher than 91% of the 2,446 2020s documentary movies in this catalog. Streaming on Disney+ and Hulu.
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.
Ratings
Rotten Tomatoes98%
TMDB7.6/10
62 audience votes
Key crew
- Werner HerzogDirector
- Werner HerzogWriter
- Ernst ReijsegerOriginal Music Composer
- Werner HerzogScreenplay
Cast
- Werner HerzogSelf - Narrator (voice)
- Steve BoyesSelf
- Kerllen CostaSelf - Environmental Anthropologist
- XuiSelf
- Xui DawidSelf
- KobusSelf
- Gary TrowerSelf - Anthropologist, San Culture Specialist
- Jordana MeyerSelf - Molecular Ecologist, Stanford University
- Regedor KaketcheSelf - King of the Nkangala
- António LuhokeSelf - Luchazi Hunter
- Melissa HawkinsSelf - Curator of Mammals, Smithsonian Institution
- Mary Faith FloresSelf - Molecular Technician, Smithsonian Institution
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Themes
elephanthuman animal relationshipspiritual journeyspiritual questangolaobsessive questnature documentaryanimal documentarywildlife documentaryelephant herotrance stateon the brink of extinction
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