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An experimental video about immigration. Looking at the potato (which was first cultivated in Peru) Papapapá paints a picture of a vegetable that has traveled and been transformed—following the migrating potato North where it becomes the potato chip, the couch potato, and the french fry. Papapapá simultaneously follows another Peruvian in motion, the artist's father, Augusto Rivera. The stories of the two immigrants, the potato and Papa Rivera, converge as Augusto becomes a Peruvian couch potato, sitting on an American sofa, eating potato chips and watching Spanish language television.
Also available on:
Anthology: Betraying Amnesia: Latin America Video Portraiture
Anthology: The New McLennium
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Biography of Alex Rivera Titles by Alex Rivera:
Animaquiladora 
Papapapa
Why Cybraceros?
Work by Alex Rivera also appears on:
Anthology: Betraying Amnesia: Latin America Video Portraiture
Anthology: Frames of Reference: Reflections on Media
Anthology: The New McLennium
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