Ghost Elephants
A film by Werner Herzog
w/ Werner Herzog, Steve Boyes, Kerllen Costa
Rated NR
1hr 39min
Presented in conjunction with the Being with Animals fall speakers, Werner Herzog’s Encounters with the Natural World on November 8th at the Lensic, featuring the legendary, award-winning director in conversation with Jeffrey Brown. Tickets on sale now at BeingwithAnimals.com
For over a decade, Dr. Steve Boyes, conservation biologist and National Geographic Explorer, has been in search of a mysterious, elusive herd of Ghost Elephants in the highlands of Angola, deep within its forests. From acclaimed director Werner Herzog ("Grizzly Man"), GHOST ELEPHANTS follows Boyes on an epic journey as he sets out with some of the best master trackers in the world, in pursuit of an animal long believed to be a myth.
It will come as no surprise to the filmmaker’s admirers that Herzog relishes every step of the journey. Every digression here feels like a destination.
Richard Brody
The New Yorker
w/ Werner Herzog, Steve Boyes, Kerllen Costa
Rated NR
1hr 39min
Presented in conjunction with the Being with Animals fall speakers, Werner Herzog’s Encounters with the Natural World on November 8th at the Lensic, featuring the legendary, award-winning director in conversation with Jeffrey Brown. Tickets on sale now at BeingwithAnimals.com
For over a decade, Dr. Steve Boyes, conservation biologist and National Geographic Explorer, has been in search of a mysterious, elusive herd of Ghost Elephants in the highlands of Angola, deep within its forests. From acclaimed director Werner Herzog ("Grizzly Man"), GHOST ELEPHANTS follows Boyes on an epic journey as he sets out with some of the best master trackers in the world, in pursuit of an animal long believed to be a myth.
It will come as no surprise to the filmmaker’s admirers that Herzog relishes every step of the journey. Every digression here feels like a destination.
Richard Brody
The New Yorker
