Producers’ Forum: Fire Through Dry Grass by Andres “Jay” Molina and Alexis Neophytides
Scribe Video Center 3908 Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesFire Through Dry Grass by Andres “Jay” Molina and Alexis Neophytides (USA, 2023, 89 min) As COVID-19 raged through nursing homes, a group of Black and brown disabled artists decided to document in real time the harrowing experience of residents inside the Coler Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Center. Co-directors Alexis Neophytides and Andres “Jay” Molina uncover a history of institutional neglect and abandonment, where Jay lives along with his fellow Reality Poets, a group of residents mostly gun violence survivors. Wearing snapback caps and Air Jordans, Jay and the other Reality Poets don’t look like typical nursing home residents. They
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