Rogue Elephants

A powerful documentary exploring how the absence of a male figure deleteriously impacts young black boys and how mentorship, community, and positive male guidance can positively transform lives and reshape futures.

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When boys grow up without guidance, the consequences ripple far beyond the home. Rogue Elephants explores what happens when absence meets intervention—and how mentorship can change the course of a life.

A group of men gathered around a table, some sitting and some standing, engaged in paperwork or discussion in a public indoor space, possibly a cafeteria or waiting area.

“When guidance disappears, disorder follows.”

In the wild, young male elephants forced to grow up in a herd without male elephants often become aggressive and destructive, as they are lost without natural leadership or guidance.

Rogue Elephants: A Story of Mentorship examines this phenomenon and offers a powerful allegory to what unfolds in human communities when boys grow up without positive male role models.

Rogue Elephants ventures from problem to possibility, spotlighting the power of mentorship, presence, and accountability.

The Emerging 100 of Atlanta’s film follows young men whose lives begin to change when elder men consistently show up offering structure, discipline, and belief in their potential.

This is not a story about saving, it’s a story about standing in the gap.