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The filmmaking team behind the doc 'Fire Through Dry Grass' talks how they captured the height of COVID-19 crisis from inside a New York care facility.

Federal regulators’ recently proposed rule on nursing home minimum staffing standards seems to have exacerbated the divisiveness among the various

Monday, Oct. 30, 2023 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. Wearing snapback caps and Air Jordans, the Reality Poets aren’t typical nursing home residents. In "Fire Through Dry Grass," these young, Black and brown disabled artists document their lives on lockdown during Covid, their rhymes underscoring the danger and imprisonment they feel. In the face of institutional neglect, they refuse to be abused, confined, and erased.

The raw and immersive film, which was awarded Best Feature Documentary at the 12th BlackStar Film Festival in Philadelphia in August, chronicles the ordeal faced by the nursing home’s residents, whom authorities treated as collateral damage and cannon fodder during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The PBS series 'POV' revealed the lineup for its 36th season, featuring Oscar-nominated and Oscar-shortlisted documentaries.

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