Boots Riley is a writer, director, screenwriter, producer, musician, and longtime activist whose work fuses politics and satire. His directorial debut, Sorry to Bother You, premiered to critical acclaim at Sundance and brought economic inequality into mainstream conversation. His absurdist series I’m a Virgo followed in 2023, and his latest film, I Love Boosters, opened at SXSW before a nationwide release. Riley fronts the bands The Coup and Street Sweeper Social Club and is the author of the essay collection Tell Homeland Security-We Are the Bomb. He was deeply involved in the Occupy Oakland movement and is a leader of activist group The Young Comrades.
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