The White Diamond

Once again, Werner Herzog takes an eccentric subject for what could be a conventional documentary -- in this case a passionate aeronautics engineer -- and turns it into a spiritual journey about overcoming guilt and transcending the earthly realm into the unkown... literally. Graham Dorrington is determined to build one of the smallest air ships ever constructed and fly it over the dense, unexplored rainforrests of Guyana. One of the natives, named Mark Anthony Yhap, who provides some of the more humbly profound observations throughout the film, describes the craft as looking like a "white diamond". As in his recent Grizzly Man, Herzog also provides some useful voice over narration which complements his film. The aerial footage is majestic.