Alejandro Hirsch Saed
Alejandro is a filmmaker, researcher, and educator. Originally from
Mexico City, Alejandro holds an MA in Comparative Literature from
UC Irvine. His research focuses mainly on film and some literature
from Latin American, Africa, and marginalized communities. His
interests are time perception in postcolonial countries, development
issues, and violence. He was the art director for the film "African
Giants" (2022), and has developed two experimental shorts.
Embodying the Mexico-US Border with Virtual Reality and Other Imaginings
Iñárritu’s VR experience Carne y Arena, Vizcarra’s documentary La Línea, and Rivera’s sci-fi film Sleep Dealer create unconventional imaginings of the Mexico-US border.