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Eat Your Catfish

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Kathryn's neuromuscular disease has left her paralyzed and her family's relations in tatters. Though despair finally overwhelms her, she holds on to see her daughter's wedding. Drawn from 930 hours of footage shot from Kathryn's point of view and without a crew present, this groundbreaking, personal portrait of a family pushed to its breaking point offers a brutally intimate view of disability and in-home caretaking.

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Guy Lodge Variety 11/28/2021
Co-director Noah Arjomand chronicles his own mother's struggle with the degenerative disease to courageously intimate, brutally moving effect. Go to Full Review
Christopher Lloyd The Film Yap 10/07/2022
5/5
This enthralling documentary following a woman with ALS will leave you vibrating with empathy, rage and joy. Go to Full Review
Rob Aldam Backseat Mafia 06/24/2022
A very powerful and moving film about perspective Go to Full Review
Nikki Baughan Screen International 11/25/2021
Crucially, the film gives Kathryn a platform to tell - and indeed show - her story, in her own unique way. Go to Full Review
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Synopsis Kathryn's neuromuscular disease has left her paralyzed and her family's relations in tatters. Though despair finally overwhelms her, she holds on to see her daughter's wedding. Drawn from 930 hours of footage shot from Kathryn's point of view and without a crew present, this groundbreaking, personal portrait of a family pushed to its breaking point offers a brutally intimate view of disability and in-home caretaking.
Director
Noah Amir Arjomand, Adam Isenberg, Senem Tüzen
Producer
Noah Amir Arjomand, Adam Isenberg, Senem Tüzen
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 14m