“Once you get beyond the inescapable potty jokes, Lily Zepeda’s “Mr. Toilet: The World’s #2 Man,” turns out to be a compassionate and inspiring portrait of tireless world sanitation crusader, Jack Sim.”
— Michael Rechtshaffen,
“Zepeda’s film has a way of encouraging one to loosen up and recognize the real shit going on. Bathroom humor is rarely so effective.”
— Pat Mullen,
“The film succeeds in creating an intimate portrait of a quirky, and eccentric individual full of compassion, love and wit who uses his ingenuity and skills to create a meaningful dialogue on shit.”
ABOUT THE FILM
LONG SYNOPSIS
To a stranger, he’s an eccentric Singaporean obsessed with toilets, but to those who know him, he’s 'Mr. Toilet'. A former entrepreneur, Jack Sim, uses humor to campaign for something no one dares talk about: shit. It’s a crisis impacting over two billion people. Having established UN World Toilet Day, Sim plunges into his biggest challenge yet when asked to help make India a defecation-free zone. But with few resources and no real governmental support, Mr. Toilet discovers there is a price to pay for being the world’s #2 hero.
Director Lily Zepeda
Writers Lily Zepeda, Tchavdar Georgiev, Monique Zavistovski, Hee-Jae Park
Producers Lily Zepeda, Tchavdar Georgiev, Eugene Efuni
Executive Producers Conrad Whelan, Jason Choo
Co-Producer Greta McAnany
Editors Monique Zavistovski, Hee-Jae Park
Cinematographers Mrinal Desai, Saptarshi Roy, Khairulhakim Mohamad Bashir, Siyan Liu
Animation Kunal Sen & Tisha Deb Pillai (Good Bad Habits, Inc.)
Music Nick Urata
Cast Jack Sim, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak
FESTIVALS
2019: Hot Docs (World Premiere)
AWARDS
Student Choice Awards (Hot Docs)
AVAILABLE TERRITORIES
The World
EXHIBITION FORMATS
DCP, Blu-Ray
PRESS KIT
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