Producer, Director
Alex Rivera
Co-Producer
Bernardo Ruiz
Editor, Camera
Alex Rivera
Sound Recording, Additional Camera
Bernardo Ruiz
Original Score
Marcelo Zarvos
Visual Effects
Chris Kairalla
Sound Design and Mix
Juan Aceves
Light at the End of the Tunnel
Additional Camera
Cristina Ibarra
Harlan Bosmajian
Additional Editing
Cruz Angeles
Color Correction
Chris Kairalla
Production and Research Assistant
Ingrid Rojas
Still Photographers
Rodolfo Valtierra
Jorge Aguirre
Thanks
Todos los miembros de Grupo Unión (appeared in the film)
La comunidad de San Vicente Boqueron, en Puebla y Newburgh (they did various things, cooked us food, drove us around, fed us, etc..)
Las familias de Lalo, José, Mecho, Antonio, y Jaime (these are the families of the main subjects)
Joel Magallan (he introduced me to the people who took me to the story)
Centro de Atencion a Migrantes, Acatlan, Puebla (this is the organization that took me to the town for the first time)
Inti Barrios Hernandez (she works at the above mentioned organization)
Francisco Mayo (he works at the above mentioned organization)
Cristina Ibarra (she worked with me on the first research trip)
Alyce Myatt (assisted with creative and financial development of the project)
Elspeth Revere (the program officer at MacArthur who funded the project)
Reuben Puentes (the program officer at Rockefeller who funded the project)
Active Voice (they gave advice on how the film might be used, and they suggested I contact Rockefeller)
Robert Smith (editorial and creative consultant)
Norman Cowie (gave critique, and helped with archival footage research)
Xochitl Dorsey (consulting about distribution of the final film)
Javier de la Torre (translator)
Lambert and Lambert, Attorneys (let us film in their offices)
John Valadez (lent us lights for free)
Ling Hsu (helped with production insurance)
Edin Velez (editorial consultant)
Kelly Anderson (editorial consultant)
Melanie Crean (post production consultant)
Angie Cruz (creative consultant)
Andrew Marino (Mayor of Newburgh -- he gave us an interview)
Mayor's Office of Newburgh (his office...)
Amy Shannon (creative consultant)
Oscar Chacon (creative consultant)
Veronica Ramirez (helped arrange filming at Casa Puebla)
Carmelo Mecedo (gave an interview)
Casa Puebla (allowed me to film meeting)
El Gubenador de Puebla (gave an impromptu interview)
Vanessa Bauche (provided free lodging in Mexico City)
Greg Berger (provided free lodging in Morelos, Mexico)
Sam Green (editorial consultant)
Prashant Bhagarva (visual effects consultant)
Dana Catharine (mother of Bernardo, raised him, etc.)
Virginia and Augusto Rivera (parents of Alex, raised him, etc.)
La Asociación Tepeyac (the organization with which I began my whole creative process, thinking about the story, and finding the contacts to produce it)
Produced in association with
POV | American Documentary, Inc.
Production funding provided by
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Rockefeller Foundation
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