Ming of Harlem: Twenty One Storeys in the Air
Movie · Documentary · Independent

Phillip Warnell’s beautifully crafted, haunting documentary explores the secret lives, behaviour and extreme levels of human-beast intimacy and communication, focusing on the 'only in New York' story of Antoine Yates. In October 2003, Yates was arrested for reckless endangerment, following the discovery of his cohabitation in a Harlem high-rise with Ming, a five-hundred-pound tiger and Al, a seven-foot alligator. Warnell explores the story of Yates and combines this, to stunning effect, with filmic observation of predators in domesticated geographies. Winner of the Prix Georges de Beauregard at FID Marseille in 2014 and the Universities Culturgest Prize at Indie Lisboa in 2015.

2016 · 1h 11m
  • 29%
Starring Antoine Yates
Director Phillip Warnell

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Cast & Crew

  • A‌Y
    Antoine Yates
    Self
  • P‌W
    Phillip Warnell
    Director
  • S‌A
    Sébastien Andres
    Producer
  • O‌B
    Olivier Burlet
    Producer
  • M‌C
    Meroë Candy
    Producer
  • M‌M
    Madeleine Molyneaux
    Producer
  • P‌W
    Phillip Warnell
    Producer
  • J‌N
    Jean-Luc Nancy
    Writer

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Ming of Harlem: Twenty One Storeys in the Air

Documentary

Phillip Warnell’s beautifully crafted, haunting documentary explores the secret lives, behaviour and extreme levels of human-beast intimacy and communication, focusing on the 'only in New York' story of Antoine Yates. In October 2003, Yates was arrested for reckless endangerment, following the discovery of his cohabitation in a Harlem high-rise with Ming, a five-hundred-pound tiger and Al, a seven-foot alligator. Warnell explores the story of Yates and combines this, to stunning effect, with filmic observation of predators in domesticated geographies. Winner of the Prix Georges de Beauregard at FID Marseille in 2014 and the Universities Culturgest Prize at Indie Lisboa in 2015.

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Studio
Soda Pictures Ltd
Released
2016
Run Time
1 hr 11 min
Rated
Unrated
Regions of Origin
United States, United Kingdom
© 2016 Soda Pictures Ltd

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English
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