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The Cat Man Eshete

A refugee finds his calling in caring for stray cats and shares his story

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The extraordinary story of Eshete, who escaped Ethiopia’s civil war on foot as a young man and is now a devoted caretaker of a feral cat colony in Brooklyn. Eshete has become the heart of a close-knit community, despite living on the fringes. This intimate document is equally a portrait of community care with a supporting cast of New Yorkers who help care for the cats—and for each other. With this film, we hope to foster compassion. After watching the film, a mentor encapsulated it: ‘I’ll never walk by someone on the street again without wondering about their story, where they’re from and what led them here.’