Animals Are Beautiful People (aka Beautiful People) is a 1974 nature documentary about the wildlife in Southern Africa. It was filmed in the Namib Desert, the Kalahari Desert and the Okavango River and Okavango Delta.
This South African film tells about life in these areas in a humorous way. It was directed and written by Jamie Uys, who is most famous for his later film The Gods Must Be Crazy.
The film begins in the Namib desert, with the narrator saying: “You’d think nobody could make a living here.” But the film proves the opposite and shows the lives of the animals that live there. The narrator concludes: “But to the Oryx and the little creatures of the Namib, this waterless, hostile desert is paradise.”
The second third of the film shows the rich life in the Okavango River and Okavango Delta (see Marula, below), and the last third of the film focuses on life in the Kalahari desert.
Released in 1974. 88 min. Director: Jamie Uys. Documentary Film.
This is a trailer/small segment of the documentary.
