2023
Nuestra Herencia
Community Engagement Lead & Producer
Nuestra Herencia: Legacy Film Project is a documentary film series exploring the histories, gardens, and legacies of El Paseo Community Garden in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood through the stories of 10 senior gardeners. An On The Real Film originally created in collaboration with El Paseo Community Garden, the project preserves community memories, celebrates intergenerational knowledge, and highlights the people who have cultivated the garden’s legacy.
Nuestra Herencia
Official Trailerc
The Team
Erin Babbin - director + editor + producer, co-founder of On The Real Film
Yaritza Guillen - producer
Tamara Becerra Valdez - producer
Michael Sullivan - cinematographer + post-production
Colin Lucero-Dixon - assistant editor
“In thinking more about gardens as overlapping sites of history, legacy, and testimony, sustainable gardening systems, such as seed keeping and perennial plantings become metaphorical approaches to reconnecting with distant relatives and beloved homelands.”