FIRE THROUGH DRY GRASS

By Alexis NEOPHYTIDES, Andres "jay" MOLINA

THE BIG CHAIR - as PROMO

Documentary - Completed 2023

On a tiny island in NYC, a group of Black and brown disabled artists fight COVID and the city to protect the lives of 500 vulnerable nursing home residents.

Festivals
& Awards

BlackStar 2023
Jury Award Best Feature Documentary
Middlebury New Filmmakers Film Festival 2023
Hernandez/Bayliss Prize for Triumph of the Human Spirit
Superfest Disability Film Festival 2023
Directors' Choice Award Award
BFI London FF 2024
Debate
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • USA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH-UNITED STATES
    • Budget
    • 0.6 - 1 M$
    • Duration
    • 89 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Alexis NEOPHYTIDES, Andres "jay" MOLINA
    • Producer(s)
    • Alexis NEOPHYTIDES (The Big Chair), Jennilie BREWSTER
    • Synopsis
    • Wearing snapback caps and Air Jordans, the Reality Poets don’t look like typical nursing home residents. In Fire Through Dry Grass, these Black and brown disabled artists document their lives on lockdown during Covid, using their poetry and art to underscore the danger and imprisonment they feel In the face of institutional neglect, they refuse to be abused, confined, and erased.