Featuring
Luciano Franco
Executive Producers
Sally Jo Fifer
Lois Vossen
Director
JoeBill Muñoz
Ramón Galván
Producer
JoeBill Muñoz
Director of Photography
JoeBill Muñoz
Executive In Charge of Production
Royd Chung
Senior Manager, Short-Form Content
Pamela Torno
Supervising Producer
Susan Cohen
Consulting Producer
Clare Chambers
Editor
Ramón Galván
Sound
Austin Espinoza
Ramón Galván
Music
Jacob Lurye
Special Thanks
Jess Alvarenga
Connie & Jeff Cranford
CS50
Kristynn Bolding Espinoza
Alejandra Murillo
Lucas Guilkey
Juan Murillo
Ysidra Muñoz
Charlotte Silver
Independent Lens Short-Form Funding Provided By:
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Acton Family Giving
Ford Foundation
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Wyncote Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Maletero is a co-production of JoeBill Muñoz and Independent Television Service (ITVS), with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). This program was produced by JoeBill Muñoz, who is solely responsible for its content.
© 2023 JoeBill Muñoz. All Rights Reserved.
Maletero
Premiered March 23, 2023
Directed by
JoeBill Muñoz
A porter drives more than 1000 miles a month to deliver goods between families separated by the U.S.-Mexico border.
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About the Documentary
Luciano, once an immigrant himself, now makes a living as a maletero, a porter driving across the border, delivering goods from immigrants who settled in Texas to their families in the same Mexican town they all left decades ago.
The Filmmakers
JoeBill Muñoz is a Mexican-American director and producer. He’s currently working on a scripted series with Left/Right and The New York Times, and directing an independent feature documentary. His work has been supported by the Sundance Documentary Fund, Firelight Media, ITVS, SFFILM, the Reva and David Logan Foundation, and others.
Ramón Galván is a Texas-born, Mexican American photographer and filmmaker. Ramón has photographed, filmed, and produced for short narrative cinema, political campaigns, and a popular online course. He lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.
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