Listen "AMT AFTER DARK - Javier Molina, TRAPPED SHORT FILM October 27, 2025"
Episode Synopsis
AMT AFTER DARK with JOANIE & PETE, A podcast with Joan Pelzer and Pete Dorton talking to creative folks about their journey. You never know where the conversation will go...it's AFTER DARK AFTER ALL!! Produced by Alex GarrettThis episode: Listen to Joanie and Pete talk with JAVIER MOLINA about life, art, his love of New York City, his role at The Actors Studio, and his film Trapped (https://www.samck.com/trapped) winning awards and being part of the AMT International Film Festival. ABOUT JAVIER MOLINA: He is the first Latino Co-Artistic Director of The Actors Studio in NYC. Javier earned an MFA in directing from The Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University. He directed the short film WONDER, winning 21 awards, including the Audience Award at Urban World and the Best Short Film Award at Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival, qualifying WONDER for Academy Award consideration and securing distribution by HBO. Javier Molina received a 2024 Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts! Javier was born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico and raised in Passaic, New Jersey. https://theactorsstudio.org/who-we-are/leadership/https://www.instagram.com/iamjaviermolina AMT AFTER DARK with JOANIE & PETE, A podcast with Joan Pelzer and Pete Dorton talking to creative folks about their journey. You never know where the conversation will go...it's AFTER DARK AFTER ALL!!AMTtheater.org [email protected] Media: @AMTtheater45 https://www.amttheater.org📲
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