The Garden Left Behind

8/31/2020

One of the greatest roles the medium of film can achieve is to magnify the voices and stories of marginalized communities. “The Garden Left Behind,” an ambitious film about the transgender experience in America, strives to help all of us understand the human experience — especially when it comes to those perceived as “the other.” With a diverse cast of transgender and Latinx actors, this film serves as a great educational tool by allowing the audience to walk a mile in the shoes of another, which in turn helps make the world a smaller, more caring place. The film tells the fictional story of Mexican trans woman Tina (Carlie Guevara), who lives with her kind grandmother Eliana (Miriam Cruz) in New York City. They are undocumented immigrants and are struggling to build a life for themselv