Since the cafe’s closure, I have filmed Robin Hirsch as he has staged several events in EXILE. His desire for finding a new home for the displaced artist community is a compelling narrative arc. I am focusing on Hirsch’s family’s past as well as the history of the Cornelia Street Café. I will one filming Robin performing in Berlin and London (where he was born). These additions will be part of a larger examination of how an individual and a community deals with a tragic loss. Robin’s ongoing productions in EXILE are a testament to the resistance and perseverance of artists in their need to create communities that are sustainable.