About this episode
Paris Marx is joined by Alex Rivera to discuss his 2008 film Sleep Dealer and how it imagined exploitative technologies being implemented in a future Mexico of hardened borders and limited migration. Alex Rivera is a filmmaker and digital media artist whose work explores themes of globalization, migration, and technology. His feature films include Sleep Dealer and The Infiltrators . Follow Alex on Twitter as @Alex_Rivera . 🚨 T-shirts are now available ! Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast ( @techwontsaveus ) and host Paris Marx ( @parismarx ) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon . Find out more about Harbinger Media Network at harbingermedianetwork.com . Also mentioned in this episode: You can rent or buy Sleep Dealer from the official website . Paris wrote about Sleep Dealer and what it illustrates about technology for Jacobin. Border walls are still going up around the world . Smart tech is often designed to hide the human labor that makes it work . Kiwibot delivery robots are driven by Colombian workers making $2/hour . Support the show