SummaryWearing 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 t... Read More
Directed By:Andres Jay Molina, Alexis Neophytides
Fire Through Dry Grass
Metascore
Available after 4 critic reviews
tbd
User score
Available after 4 ratings
tbd
My Score
Drag or tap to give a rating
Hover and click to give a rating
Not available in your country?
ExpressVPN
Get 3 Extra months free
$6.67/mth
Top Cast
Sep 29, 2023
80
The combination of firsthand footage with poetry makes for an intimate and raw film that gives a real sense of the confinement faced by the residents, some of whom compared the experience to previous jail stints.
User Reviews
There are no user reviews yet. Be the first to add a review.
Production Company:
- The Big Chair
Release Date:Sep 29, 2023
Duration:1 h 29 m
Rating:TV-14
Tagline: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.
Awards
Blackstar Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Superfest
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
