Where was The Gods Must Be Crazy filmed?
1980 film directed by Jamie Uys
The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980) was filmed in Tsumkwe, 1 place named in its Wikipedia article's Development and casting section, in 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
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Places per Wikipedia's Development and casting section
Wikipedia’s Development and casting section names 1 place. 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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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
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does The Gods Must Be Crazy have?
No place recorded on Wikidata, but 1 place named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia.
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.