Alex riveras lost cult hit sleep dealer about immigration. The film starts off revealing the nodes as frightening and mysterious technology, then repeatedly softens its dark nature with a more benign nature while constantly. With luis fernando pena, leonor varela, jacob vargas, metztli adamina. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free bandcamp app. Changing responses to televised images in sleep dealer. Sleep dealer the 2008 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. United states april 17, 2009 limited canada april 17, 2009. Plug into the new american dream set in a nearfuture, militarized world marked by closed borders, virtual labor and a global digital network that joins minds and experiences, three strangers risk their lives to connect with each other and break the barriers of technology.
The movie sleep dealer is set in a world that is marked by closed borders, labor that is virtual, and a global network that connects experiences and minds. Memo cruz lives with his parents and his brother in the small, dusty village of santa ana del rio, in mexico. The world is divided by closed borders, but connected by a digital network that ties together people around the world. Memo cruz luis fernando pena is a young man in nearfuture mexico. In a world marked by closed borders, corporate warriors, and a global computer network, three strangers risk their lives to connect, break through the barriers of technology, and unseal their fates.
Alex riveras science fiction film sleep dealer won an award at sundance in 2008, then all but disappeared. Rent sleep dealer 2008 starring luis fernando pena and metztli adamina on dvd and bluray. Whether he finds larger budgets or keeps doing movie like this, rivera is definitely a filmmaker to follow. In a mexico held captive by first world corporate control. Mexico border that tells the story of memo cruz luis fernando pena, a young man from mexico who dreams of coming to the united states. By connecting his body to the net memo controls a machine that performs his labor in. Upon detecting his hacking activities, the military attacks his home.
The washington post comments that the film puts a human face on all the problems explored in the movie. Watch sleep dealer full movie in hd visit movie 20764 set in a nearfuture, militarized world marked by closed borders, virtual l. While i knew i couldnt make the biggest scifi ever, i did want to make the truest scifi ever. Searching for a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the alex riveradirected movie via subscription can be a challenge, so. Mexico border, won awards at the sundance film festival and the berlin international film festival, was screened at the museum of modern art, and had a commercial release in the u. Sleep dealer 2008 full movie download full hd youtube.
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