Some stories just need to be told . . .
A director who has contributed to every NY Cat Film Festival so far, Best also has a documentary spotlighting a more typical feline talent: getting stuck in trees. “Please Rescue Me” follows Patrick Brandt, a kindly North Carolina biochemist and arborist who has volunteered his skills and equipment to extract some 250 trapped cats — and one pet coatimundi.
As he says in the film, “I’m not so much rescuing the cat as I’m rescuing the person.” — Laurel Graeber, New York Times, October 21, 2022