
Director: Anthony W Wallace
Genre: Documentary
Replanting a Garden is an intimate and hopeful documentary that follows a Jamaican community working to restore one of the Caribbean’s most fragile ecosystems in the aftermath of a devastating coral bleaching event. Set in Oracabessa Bay, the film traces the collaborative efforts of fishers, marine wardens, and scientists as they fragment, nurture, and replant coral—treating the reef with the same care and patience as a living garden that sustains both nature and livelihood.
Directed by Canadian filmmaker Anthony W Wallace, the documentary draws a powerful parallel between environmental restoration and community resilience. Wallace, whose work often bridges documentary, music, and sound art, brings a deeply immersive and human-centered approach to storytelling. With experience working alongside National Geographic’s Pristine Seas, he captures conservation not as an abstract mission, but as hands-on, collective care. Replanting a Garden ultimately reveals how rebuilding coral reefs also means rebuilding connection, purpose, and hope within the community that depends on them.