Rat Film is a feature-length documentary that uses the rat to explore the history of Baltimore. The film directed by Theo Anthony will open in theaters on September 15, in New York at Film Society at Lincoln Center, and Baltimore at Parkway Theater.

Across walls, fences, and alleys, rats not only expose our boundaries of separation but make homes in them.  Rat Film is a feature-length documentary that uses the rat—as well as the humans that love them, live with them, and kill them–to explore the history of Baltimore. “There’s never been a rat problem in Baltimore, it’s always been a people problem.”

Rat Film director Theo Anthony is a writer, photographer, and filmmaker currently based in Baltimore, MD. His work has been featured by the The Atlantic, Vice, Agence-France Presse (AFP), and other international media outlets. His films have received premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival, Locarno International Film Festival, Rotterdam International Film Festival, and Anthology Film Archives. In 2015, he was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film”.