Boots Riley Turns a Bay Area Heist Into an Anti-Capitalist Carnival
TL;DR
Boots Riley’s new film I Love Boosters centers a Bay Area crew of shoplifters and channels his long-running anti-capitalist vision into a visually and comically bold story about awakening to exploitation through collective action. Drawing on decades as a leftist organizer and projects like Sorry to Bother You and I’m a Virgo, Riley emphasizes sharp humor and spectacle over didacticism, even as his Gaza support has sparked backlash from Hollywood elites and signals his willingness to pursue an anti-capitalist revolution in his future work.
Topics:entertainmentculture#anti-capitalist-cinema#bay-area#boots-riley#culture#i-love-boosters#qanda
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- Boots Riley: ‘Theft is not outside of capitalism, it’s what it was built on’ The Guardian
- In the neon-drenched world of ‘I Love Boosters,’ fashion is for the people CNN
- I Love Boosters Plugged In
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