Periodically, the Latinx Files will feature a guest writer. This week, we’ve asked Alex Rivera to fill in. Rivera is a Sundance award-winning filmmaker and a 2021 MacArthur fellow. His work focuses on migration, globalization and technology. He’s an associate professor in the Sidney Poitier New American film school at Arizona State University, based in […]
READ MORENovember 1, 2024
Alex Rivera is an award-winning filmmaker and media artist. Rivera's feature film "Sleep Dealer" (2008) is a cyberpunk thriller set on the U.S./Mexico border. "Sleep Dealer" won awards at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival, and is well-known for its contribution to Latino representation in science fiction. "Cine Latine: Shaping […]
READ MORESeptember 14, 2023
Filmmaker and activist Alex Rivera joins Jay and Tammy to discuss cryptocurrency—its right-wing associations, its potential for social movements, and whether the left can reclaim decentralized finance for the people.
READ MOREDecember 7, 2021
Alex was awarded a 2021 MacArthur Fellowship.
READ MORESeptember 29, 2021
On January 29, 2021, the International Documentary Association published an essay Alex wrote about Claudio Rojas, protagonist of The Infiltrators, and his deportation after the premiere of the film. You can read the full essay here.
READ MORESeptember 27, 2021
