UNIVERSITY FACULTY TAMIU FILMMAKER SHARES LEGACY OF UNHERALDED SUSTAINABILITY WORKERS IN AWARD-WINNING FILM For TAMIU associate professor and filmmaker Marcela Morán, the unappreciated and unheralded legacy of the border’s cardboard recyclers was something to share and recognize. Her documentary film, “Cardboard Scavengers,” with collaborator Maritza Bautista, has done just that...and in the process has earned a Cinema Verde Award as part of the 2023 Cinema Verde 14th Annual Film and Arts Festival. It is also the 2023 recipient of the Best Direction Award from the Environmental Feedback Film Festival. The film explores the daily on-the-street manual cardboard recycling that occurs in Laredo, providing a source of income for generations of families from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, México. Those who do this have come to be called “cartoneros.” Morán said she believes the documentary delivers a powerful message. “On the border, it is the people that are the least privileged that are doing the most in terms of participating in sustainable practices. Most people in the community do not know why people like Chole and Beto pick up cardboard. We were honored to share their story and impact,” she explained. A multiple award-winning filmmaker, Morán has been part of the TAMIU College of Arts and Sciences faculty since 2003. She holds the terminal MFA in Film from Ohio University, College of Fine Arts, and a BS in Radio-TV-Film from The University of Texas, College of Communication. Her films have been selected for festivals including the NYC Downtown Short Film Festival, the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, the Harlem International Film Festival, and the Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, among others. She has screened and exhibited in Canada, Spain, Indonesia, México, and across the U.S. The film can be viewed on the Cinema Verde Roku Channel at: https://channelstore.roku.com/details/974a158bc01 0ada01578fa76c541056f/cinema-verde TAMIU SANCHEZ SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MAINTAINS RIGOROUS AACSB ACCREDITATION Texas A&M International University students can take pride in their campus being home to one of only 500 accredited business schools in the Americas. 19
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