NPR: The BPP Goes To Sundance

The BPP Goes To Sundance

Bright lights, big opportunity

This week we're taking the BPP on the road -- to the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. While we're there we'll talk to filmmakers and newsmakers, and hopefully immerse ourselves in the unique culture that has made Sundance one of the most prestigious events of its kind.

We have a lot of stuff on the docket, but we are particularly excited about spending time with first-time Sundance filmmaker, Alex Rivera.

Filmmaker Alex Rivera is going to Sundance.

Alex has been making movies for a long time, but Sleep Dealer is his first full-length feature -- and it's his most ambitious project to date. He's spent the last 10 years of his life writing, shooting and editing, and the finished product has finally emerged, just days before it gets screened for the first time in Park City.

Sleep Dealer is an exploration of immigration policy and the technological age. But it's more than that -- it's science fiction, too. Rivera imagines a future where migrant workers jack into a computer network that allows their labor to transmitted to the United States, while their physical bodies remain south of the border. Alex's influences are equal parts Brazil, Blade Runner and El Norte.

So stay tuned to the BPP over the next few days for updates, both video and audio, of how his journey is progressing.

Win Rosenfeld

9:58 AM ET | 01-14-2008 | permalink

Comments (Send a comment)

This sounds exciting, the first BPP field trip?

Sent by alice | 12:01 PM ET | 01-14-2008

Yes -- our first big field trip! We'll be broadcasting live from our station KCPW.

Sent by Matt Martinez-NPR | 12:36 PM ET | 01-14-2008

I am so jealous!!
My sister is a pastry chef at "The Mariposa" (Deer Valley). Go there if you can afford it!

Sent by Anna | 12:44 PM ET | 01-14-2008

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