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Tales from the Planet Earth Presents: Sleep Dealer (2008)

Date: November 7, 2009
Time: 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Location: Wisconsin Union Theater
Sponsor: Please see event description fo sponsor information.

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Overview:
Alex Rivera's Sleep Dealer, a multiple Sundance Award winning science-fiction masterpiece, imagines a future in which all U.S. borders are closed to immigration yet foreign workers continue to perform labor remotely via robotic connections. After Memo Cruz's home is destroyed in an attack, he travels to Tijuana with dreams of working in the high-tech labor factories, even though workers there go until the point of collapse. Along the way, he meets the mysterious Luz who is trying to use him for her own reasons. A mind-blowing, satirical look at modern labor and the uses of people, this film will change how you think about people's relationships to the land and asks you to consider what it is we really are arguing about in our recent debates over U.S. immigration policy. Part of a three film retrospective of Rivera's work, along with The Sixth Section and Papapapá. Filmmaker scheduled to be in attendance.

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