The Elephant Queen
2018 · Movie · PG · 97 min · ★ 7.2 · 80% critics
Follow a powerful elephant matriarch as she leads her herd across an unforgiving African landscape. This feature-length documentary focuses on family bonds, survival, and the pull of “coming home.”
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Details
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2019-10-18
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 80/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (90 votes)
About
You’ll like The Elephant Queen if you enjoy nature documentaries with big emotions and memorable survival moments; Not for you if you’re sensitive to harsh wildlife realities or prefer gentler animal stories like The Eagle Huntress or One Life.
Pros: heartwarming herd journey; stunning wildlife visuals; emotional natural stakes | Cons: very heartbreaking moments; upsetting for kids; intense realism
Themes
- elephant
- parent child relationship
- family relationships
- kenya
- relationship
- herd
- nature documentary
- matriarch
- baby elephant
- animal behaviour
- emotional support animal
- behavioral biology
- +5 more
Cast & crew
Chiwetel Ejiofor
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Directed by Victoria Stone, Mark Deeble