Dia de la Independencia

Dia de la Independencia is a satirical movie trailer that mimics the cinematic obsession with “alien invasions” (e.g. Men In Black, Starship Troopers, and of course, Independence Day). The xenophobic undertones of anti-alien sci-fi are inverted by imagining a racialized, righteous, alien invasion from South of the Border.

Dia de la Independencia is one of three shorts by Alex Rivera, alongside Papapapá (1995) and Why Cybraceros? (1997), presented on e-flux Video & Film as the January 2022 edition of Staff picks. Watch the other films here.

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