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Maletero
As a maletero, Luciano’s work is more than simply delivering goods from Texas to Mexico; it lessens the distance between families separated by an increasingly impenetrable border.
Grand Saline, Texas, a town east of Dallas, has a history of racism, a history the community doesn’t talk about.
With roots in Miami, Austin and New York City, Joel Fendelman has written, produced and directed a number of award-winning narrative and documentary films. In 2016 Joel’s short film Game Night, a film about aging and unfulfilled dreams, premiered at Tribeca Film Festival and won Best Super Short at the Savannah Film Festival. His second narrative feature… Show more
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Grand Saline, Texas, a town east of Dallas, has a history of racism, a history the community doesn’t talk about. This shroud of secrecy ended when Charles Moore, an elderly white preacher, self-immolated to protest the town’s racism in 2014, shining a spotlight on the town’s dark past. Man on Fire untangles the pieces of this protest and questions the racism in Grand Saline today.
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