“In the World of Film, We’ve Edited out All Rebellion”

AN INTERVIEW WITH BOOTS RILEY

Boots Riley on communism, Sorry to Bother You, and what kind of political action the present moment demands.

As both a longtime activist and the lead vocalist for the hip-hop group The Coup, Boots Riley is no stranger to politically charged art. But with Sorry to Bother You, Riley has made his first foray into film.

The movie — which Riley both wrote and directed — follows Cassius “Cash” Green, a young black man who makes his way up the ladder at a telemarketing firm by using his “white voice.” At the same time Green is ascending, his fellow telemarketers, fed up with low pay and no benefits, are organizing a union — creating an explosion of collective labor action rarely shown on the silver screen.

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