{"id":1544,"date":"2017-03-01T00:01:07","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T00:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/pets\/the-art-theatre-presents-kedi-the-momcat-of-all-cat-videos\/"},"modified":"2017-03-01T00:01:07","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T00:01:07","slug":"the-art-theatre-presents-kedi-the-momcat-of-all-cat-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/pets\/the-art-theatre-presents-kedi-the-momcat-of-all-cat-videos","title":{"rendered":"The Art Theatre Presents \u2018Kedi,\u2019 the Momcat of All Cat Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Kedi\u00a0<\/p>\n

All graphics and visuals courtesy of Oscilloscope Laboratories<\/i><\/p>\n

Frankly, Kedi<\/i>\u00a0<\/a>[cat, in Turkish]\u00a0is\u00a0not in any way a cute cat\u2014it\u2019s a heartfelt tribute to cat and country. Filmmaker Ceyda Torun who lived in Istanbul until she was 11 years old, said that when living there, she had more cat friends than human\u2014\u201ca fact I\u2019m quite proud of now\u201d\u2014and the film is a love letter to both cats and city.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re reading this and are jumping up and down in anticipation of the film like a cat going for the plastic zip tie you left on the dresser, you get it. But unlike our \u201ccrazy cat lady\u201d meme and the exhausting efforts of rescuers, trappers and feline advocates in general to save cats from unfriendly streets and pull them from shelters, the people of Istanbul live alongside the literal hundreds of thousands of Turkish toms and tabbies freely wandering Istanbul, caring for them as a community. Cats, say Torun and fellow producer and cinematographer Charlie Wuppermann, have been revered for thousands of years and are part of Turkish culture and folklore. And each time Torun revisits her homeland, she says that she sees changes everywhere\u2014except for the cats.<\/p>\n