''Queen Mimi'' is a 2015

documentary A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

film about the life of Marie Haist, an octogenarian

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woman who lived in a Santa Monica laundromat for 18 years, directed by

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and produced by Elliot V. Kotek.

Release

The film was selected for the

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. In May 2016, XLrator Media released the film worldwide.Anna Marie de la Fuente for Variety. December 3, 201
XLrator Media Picks Up Yaniv Rokah’s Documentary ‘Queen Mimi’
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Cast

*Mimi as herself *

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as himself *Stan Fox as himself

Awards and nominations

Soundtrack

''Queen Mimi'' is a 2016 soundtrack album from the documentary containing a song by

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nominee

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titled "Celebrate Life", written by Ralph Stevens and Deana Carter.

Relationship to Zach Galifianakis

befriended Haist decades before the release of the documentary, paying her rent until her passing for much of this duration despite not yet achieving widespread fame and fortune as a comic for much of this time. Haist had been rendered homeless in her 50s as a result of a divorce with her husband who had been unfaithful. Galifianakis maintained a close friendship with Haist, once taking her as a date on the

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for his movie ''

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'' in 2009. Haist died in 2021 at the age of 95.

References

2015 films Documentary films about women in the United States Documentary films about homelessness in the United States Santa Monica, California 2010s English-language films {{bio-documentary-film-stub