Why the 2008 Latino cyberpunk film ‘Sleep Dealer’ is more relevant than ever
Filmmaker Alex Rivera’s award-winning sci-fi film touches on current debates surrounding immigration, climate change and technology. Militarized water sources. Robot farmworkers. Commercialized memories. Everything is for sale in Alex Rivera’s 2008 sci-fi feature “Sleep Dealer,” in which young, expendable workers from the Global South plug into machines that power the international economy. Although 17 years … Read more