Where was The Gods Must Be Crazy filmed?
1980 film directed by Jamie Uys
The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980) was filmed in Johannesburg, Kalahari Desert and Tsumkwe, 3 places named in its Wikipedia article, in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as South Africa. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.
Part of the Gods Must Be Crazy film series
Places per Wikipedia's article
The article names 3 places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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Towns & cities
Johannesburg
South Africa
largest city in South Africa
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Landscapes & nature
Kalahari Desert
Botswana
desert in southern Africa
“According to Uys, N!xau would be flown back to his home in the Kalahari Desert every three or four weeks to prevent him from suffering from culture shock.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities
Tsumkwe
Namibia
human settlement
“The Gods Must Be Crazy was shot in Tsumkwe, South West Africa (today Namibia), as well as in Botswana.” Wikipedia
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in South Africa, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable (a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote), so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Filming locations that are mapped there: South Africa
Also shot in these places
- Avengers: Age of Ultron 2015
- Invictus 2009
- Chappie 2015
- Tsotsi 2005
- Strike Back 2010–2020
- The Last Days of American Crime 2020
- Catching Feelings 2018
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does The Gods Must Be Crazy have?
No place recorded on Wikidata, but 3 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Invictus (2009), Chappie (2015), Tsotsi (2005) and 3 more, each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.