Cartoneros

Cartoneros(2022) explores scavenging practices in Laredo, Texas, focusing on informal transborder recycling on the U.S.-Mexico border. The focus is on a married couple who are cartoneros (cardboard scavengers). Chole and Jose cross the border daily to collect cardboard and then transport it into Mexico to sell. The film depicts the ongoing interdependence of the economies of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo. It introduces audiences to two people who depend on scavenging practices that help both countries' economies and recycling efforts.

producer/director/editor

documentary, 13:49, 2022

shot in Laredo, Texas