"Ghost Elephants" First Look: National Geographic Unveils First Trailer and Release Date for Werner Herzog's Latest Documentary

Get a first look at National Geographic and Werner Herzog’s upcoming documentary Ghost Elephants with the drop of the first trailer and upcoming release date.

What’s Happening:

• National Geographic Documentary Films and Abramorama debuted the trailer for Ghost Elephants, a feature-length documentary directed, written, and narrated by Werner Herzog.
• The film follows National Geographic Explorer Steve Boyes as he journeys with master trackers to search for the mythical “ghost elephants” of Angola.

• The film explores the possible survival of descendants of the largest land mammals ever recorded.
• In Ghost Elephants, Boyes teams up with fellow explorer Kerllen Costa and KhoiSan master trackers Xui, Xui Dawid, and Kobus.

• Ghost Elephants premiered at the Venice Film Festival, where Herzog received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.

• Ghost Elephants airs on National Geographic on Saturday, March 7 at 9/8c and streams March 8 on Disney+ and Hulu.
• A one-night-only nationwide theatrical simulcast with a live Q&A featuring Herzog and Boyes will take place on February 26, hosted by Abramorama.
• Available at select theaters, the public screening will be filmed at AMC Lincoln Square in Manhattan.
• The documentary opens in select North American theaters on February 27, with additional international releases planned.
• A companion coffee table book, Okavango and the Source of Life by Steve Boyes, releases March 3 alongside the film.
• The book features over 100 photographs, maps, and personal reflections, with a foreword by Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex.
• The documentary is produced by Werner Herzog and Ariel León Isacovitch, with National Geographic Documentary Films serving as a producing and release partner.

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