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Caine's Arcade (2012)

Caine's Arcade poster
Directed by
Nirvan Mullick
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
11 min
Rated
NR
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A short documentary about a 9-year-old boy who builds an elaborate cardboard arcade in his father's auto parts store. The film shows how a chance encounter with a customer leads to something surprising.

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What happens

Caine's Arcade is a 2012 documentary short film directed by Nirvan Mullick. The film depicts a cardboard arcade created by 9-year-old Caine Monroy, who operated it from his father's auto parts store in East Los Angeles in 2011. Mullick, who became the arcade's first customer, documented the project in this 11-minute film. Following the film's release, Mullick co-founded the Imagination Foundation, a nonprofit organization. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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