Ming of Harlem: Twenty One Storeys in the Air (2016)

A documentary exploring secret lives, behavior, and extreme levels of human/beast intimacy and communication, focusing on the 'only in New York' story of Antoine Yates and his cohabitation in a Harlem high-rise with 500-pound tiger Ming and 7-foot-long alligator Al, combined with filmic observation of predators in domesticated geographies.

Phillip Warnell

Director

Antoine Yates

as Self

Rajiv(IV)

as Self

Brianna(VII)

as Self

Johnny Jarrett-Graham

as Self

Willow Samuel

as Self

Mabel Stark(1889-1968)

as Self(archive footage)

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