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  • 2016
  • TV-PG
  • 1 h 15 m
  • 2016
  • TV-PG
  • 1 h 15 m

Summary Forced onto the streets in her 50s, Mimi found "home" at a Santa Monica laundromat. Taking shelter there for 20 years, Mimi's passion for pink, and living without looking back, has taken her from homelessness to Hollywood's red carpets. This is the fascinating and moving story of one incredibly strong woman’s survival against all odds. [...

Directed By: Yaniv Rokah

Written By: Yaniv Rokah

  • 2016
  • TV-PG
  • 1 h 15 m
  • 2016
  • TV-PG
  • 1 h 15 m

Queen Mimi

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Summary Forced onto the streets in her 50s, Mimi found "home" at a Santa Monica laundromat. Taking shelter there for 20 years, Mimi's passion for pink, and living without looking back, has taken her from homelessness to Hollywood's red carpets. This is the fascinating and moving story of one incredibly strong woman’s survival against all odds. [...

Directed By: Yaniv Rokah

Written By: Yaniv Rokah

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May 13, 2016
Offering more than a portrait of a woman about town, Rokah gradually exhumes the hardship of surviving the streets of Los Angeles for four decades and the associated stigma and shame that have prevented Haist from reaching out to family.
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Apr 26, 2016
It’s Stan that Queen Mimi celebrates, right alongside the charismatic and eccentric Queen that is the film’s star in this good but not great documentary.
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May 14, 2016
Queen Mimi registers as little more than a minor curiosity.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW

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Production Company MAS MAS Productions, Nation of Artists, Queen Mimi
Release Date May 13, 2016
Duration 1 h 15 m
Rating TV-PG
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Website https://www.netflix.com/watch/80092796?trackId=13752289&tctx=0%2C0%2Cbdb63f438cea393d3a3141937b9fc124b757679b%3A01ada2e1a08c70f868a6b459f4eaa59a27995462%2C%2C
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Awards

Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Haifa International Film Festival
• 2 Nominations
Manhattan Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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