Encuent(r)os: Conversation and Dinner with Alex Rivera, “Cinema, Cyberpunk, and the Border Mind Virus”
Date
November 18, 2025
Time
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Location

Casa Hispánica (612 W 116th St.)


ENCUENT(R)OS FALL 2025

Curated by Angie Cruz and Deborah Paredez; Presented by the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race, Aster(ix) Journal, and Casa Hispánica

Conversation and Dinner with Alex Rivera: Cinema, Cyberpunk, and the Border Mind Virus

Tuesday, November 18th, 6-8PM

Casa Hispánica (612 W 116th St.)

DINNER PROVIDED!

Alex Rivera’s films explore themes of globalization, migration, and technology. They include the cyberpunk thriller set in Mexico, Sleep Dealer, and the documentary/scripted hybrid film set in an immigrant detention center, The Infiltrators. He is a 2021 MacArthur Fellow, Sundance Fellow, and former Rothschild Lecturer at Harvard University. https://alexrivera.com/

Co-sponsored by Barnard College Creative Writing Fellows and The Radio in the Orchard

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