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Alex Rivera

Filmmaker

New York, New York

Photo courtesy the artist.

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.

Donor -This award was generously supported by Leonard and Susan Nimoy.

This artist page was last updated on: 07.08.2024