In Flower Drive, a South Central Los Angeles neighborhood facing displacement from luxury developments and Olympic-driven gentrification, longtime residents come together to protect their homes and community. As stories of resilience unfold, residents’ memories and lives illuminate the apartment buildings themselves and transform the structures into testaments of their lives in the community and their fight to remain. Kevin Alcántar (he/they) is a Mexican-American writer, director, and multidisciplinary artist. Kevin’s work explores the interplay between dream and memory, the mundane and the fantastical, and the lengths people will go to for human connection.

Flower in the Concrete

In Flower Drive, a South Central Los Angeles neighborhood facing displacement from luxury developments and Olympic-driven gentrification, longtime residents come together to protect their homes and community.

Behind the scenes with Kevin Alcantar

VWI 26 - Filmmaker Interview - Kevin Alcantar

FLOWER IN THE CONCRETE with Kevin Alcantar

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