Boots Riley and Don Cheadle Turn a Heist Comedy Into a Lesson in Collective Action
TL;DR
Boots Riley’s I Love Boosters, a kaleidoscopic Bay Area heist‑comedy starring Don Cheadle, uses stylish genre flair to argue for collective resistance to capitalist exploitation. In this interview, Riley and Cheadle discuss how the film smuggles dialectical materialism into mainstream pop culture, Riley’s activist roots, and their collaborative process in crafting a visually cohesive, provocative work that blends entertainment with political insight—and what lies ahead for both artists.
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