Joaquín starts each day the same way: practicing English phrases, brewing coffee, tending to the plants that fill his converted school bus. In the Bronx, where green space is scarce, his mobile food garden is both livelihood and lifeline. Today, his estranged teenage son Junior comes to spend the day, Joaquín is confronted by the distance he's allowed to grow between them. Inside the bus, he tries to bridge that gap the only way he knows how: through his hands, his plants, and the world he's spent building.

Director's Bio: Andrew J. Rodriguez is an Afro-Dominican filmmaker from The Boogie Down Bronx, dedicated to centering the voices of the working-class through character-driven stories. With empathy and curiosity, Andrew crafts narratives that go beyond survival stories that capture the strength, resilience, and full humanity of people too often defined by their struggles rather than their dreams. He often reimagines the world through the lens of speculative fiction, using it to highlight the complexities of our lives and the shared pursuit of deeper understanding within the community.

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