Friday, November 13: 8:00 pm

Experts estimate that more tigers live in private captivity in the United States than roam wild in the whole world. Twenty-four of them live in Dennis Hill’s backyard. A resident of Flat Rock, Indiana, Hill has been breeding and selling tigers for more than 15 years. When a surprise government inspection costs him the license that allowed him to keep exotic animals, the state of Indiana threatens to shut him down. He has five days to bring his facilities up to code and to find other homes for all but three of his brood. The Tiger Next Door tracks Hill over the days and months that follow as he fights to keep the animals he claims to love. Interviewing his family and neighbors as well as several animal protection officials, Calamandrei uncovers the intricate web of commerce and government laxity that keep breeders like Hill in business. What finally becomes exposed is the widespread attitude that humans are indeed lords of the animal kingdom.