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" Rivera revives the promise of an American independent cinema that can intervene in our world, imagine the worst, hope for the best - and entertain like mad long the way."-B. Ruby Rich THE GUARDIAN OF LONDON SubCine, the only source for independent Latino film and video, is currently organizing the national university tour for Alex Rivera's Sundance award-winning feature Sleep Dealer. Sleep Dealer is a truly unique film, packed with lush visuals and cutting-edge storytelling, and the perfect conversation-starter for discussions about issues as diverse as labor and immigration, technology and ethics, globalization and the environment. Dennis Lim of The New York Times says "Sleep Dealer taps into the cultural and economic fears that have come with a globalized planet… For all its newfangled trappings, Sleep Dealer reasserts a narrative as old as this country…" The campus tour includes a presentation with filmmaker Alex Rivera, who will discuss Sleep Dealer, as well as his earlier work (including The Sixth Section, Why Cybraceros?, and the Borders trilogy). The film screenings and lectures address themes of: * Immigration * Globalization and information technology * Latino Studies * Cinema and Media Studies If you would like to discuss the possibility of hosting an event featuring Sleep Dealer, or would like further information about the film or about Alex Rivera, please contact us. Presentations have already taken place at Harvard, Brown, UCLA, University of Texas at Austin, New York University, Rutgers, and Duke University among many others.  Alex Rivera has been widely recognized for using digital media to explore issues of immigration and Latino identity. He is a Rockefeller Fellow, a Sundance Fellow, and recently received the USA Artists Fellowship. Sleep Dealer premier at Sundance 2008, where it won both the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award and the Alfred P. Sloan Award. The film screened at the Berlin Internation Festival where it was awarded the Amnesty International Prize, and at New Director's New Film at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, among many other international film festivals.To find more information about SubCine, and our collection of cutting-edge Latino film and video, visit: http://subcine.com |