‘Ghost Elephants’ explores nature, myth and memory
The Mail & Guardian | 09.03.2026 20:00
Sometimes the only way forward is to go back. That was my biggest takeaway from Ghost Elephants, a National Geographic documentary by acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog. True to Herzog’s reflective style, the film moves beyond the simple idea of a wildlife expedition and becomes something deeper, a meditation on knowledge, memory and humanity’s relationship with the natural world.
