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The Cats of Mirikitani
Documentary - 2006
The Cats of Mirikitani
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8.2
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Documentary about red-bereted Jimmy Mirikitani, a feisty painter working and living on the street, near the World Trade Center, when 9/11 devastates the neighborhood. A nearby film editor, Linda Hattendorf, persuades elderly Jimmy to move in with her, while seeking a permanent home for him. The young woman delves into the California-born, Japan-raised artist's unique life which developed his resilient personality, and fuel his 2 main subjects, cats and internment camps. The editor films Jimmy's remarkable journey.
Director:
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Linda Hattendorf
Cast:
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Jimmy Mirikitani

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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
74 min
Release date:
26 Apr 2006
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
17 wins & 3 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
It should not have taken luck and a charitable filmmaker to save Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani.
– Janice Page,
Boston Globe,
24 Aug 2007
fresh:
By paying him attention and making this portrait, [director Hattendorf] makes us see Jimmy Mirikitani as a three-dimensional person and not a stereotype of homelessness. You leave the film glad to have met him.
– Richard Nilsen,
Arizona Republic,
27 Apr 2007
fresh:
Offering pleasant surprises and emotional revelations, it's a compassionate film about healing and the human connections that are vital to that process.
– Jeff Shannon,
Seattle Times,
23 Apr 2007
fresh:
What begins as a straightforward docu on an elderly homeless artist in New York City winds up as an indictment of U.S. internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII.
– Ronnie Scheib,
Variety,
23 Apr 2007
fresh:
It's one of the best kinds of documentaries -- not calculated but serendipitous.
– David Edelstein,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
23 Apr 2007
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