New York, NY
Alex Rivera is a digital media artist and filmmaker whose work addresses Latino issues through the use of humor, satire, and metaphor. He has produced fake documentaries as well as narrative films and traditional documentaries, often with a focus on the absurdities of political realities. In The Sixth Section (2003), immigrants from the same Mexican village reconvene in the United States and use the Internet to attain political and economic power back in Mexico.
Alex Rivera on the set of Sleep Dealer, 2006; photo courtesy Jim Mendiola