Ming of Harlem: Twenty One Storeys in the Air

Phillip Warnell

IndieLisboa 2015 •

United Kingdom, Belgium, United States, Documentary, 2014, 71′

Ming of Harlem: Twenty One Storeys in the Air is an exploration of secret lives, behaviors and extreme levels of human-animal intimacy and communication, highlighting the “only in NY” story of Antoine Yates and his cohabitation in a Harlem hi-rise with Ming, a 500 pound tiger and Al, a 7 foot alligator, combined with filmic observation of animals in domesticated geographies.)