This gorgeously filmed feature debut is set in a near future marked by airtight international borders, militarized corporate warriors, and a Mexican underclass of node workers who plug their nervous systems into a global computer network—one that runs U.S. industrial robots. Rivera’s taut sci-fi thriller is vividly imaginative, delving into the political issues of surveillance, outsourced labor, and immigration. Winner of Sundance’s Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award and Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize. 2008, 35mm, 90 minutes.
