Conflict In Sleep Dealer

The science-fiction film, Sleep Dealer, tells the story of Memo Crus, a young man from Mexico with dreams to go to the United States. Memo is a hacker living in a remote farming community called Santa Ana del Rio, which has been urbanized by a private hijacking company. The company takes control over the entire water supply; this brings conflict. Despite the tension in the town due to the water conflict, Memo’s main focus is technology. His goal is to find employment as a node worker in high-technology factories in the United States, which leads him to build a transmitter, which allows him to listen to other people. While listening to the local airwaves, he hacks into a forbidden broadcast network. The conflict begins when the military detects
his hacking activities and attacks his home killing his father. Memo, in fear of being found, escaped to Tijuana, where he meets Luz. Luz is a journalist who connects her body to the Internet and sells her memories for others to buy and download. Luz is in search of her breakthrough story, which will bring her fame, which leads her to connect with Memo. She helps Memo get the nodes he wants to get a job. Memo later discovers that working in a high-tech factory having to connect your body is not what he was hoping for. Director, Alex Rivera, began writing the film in the late 1990s. The film did not premier until the 2008 Sundance Film Festival where it won an award for outstanding screenwriting.