Ming of Harlem Twenty One Storeys in the Air

Ming of Harlem Twenty One Storeys in the Air is an onlyinNewYork account of Ming Al and Antoine Yates who cohabited in a highrise social housing apartment at DrewHamilton complex in Harlem for several years until 2003 when news of their dwelling caused a public outcry and collective outpouring of disbelief On the discovery that Ming was a 500pound pound Tiger and Al a sevenfoot alligator their story took on an astonishing dimension The film frames Yatess recollections with a poetic study of Ming and Al the predators presence combined with a text by philosopher JeanLuc Nancy reimagining the circumstances of the wild inside animal names strange territories and humananimal relations