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Tuesday, 3 July 2018
Meet Boots Riley’s Revolutionary Vision in ‘Sorry to Bother You’
From his musical exploits with The Coup to ‘Sorry to Bother You,’ prepare yourself for Boots Riley’s emotionally-charged activist art.
In this day and age, activism has reached an unprecedented level of mainstream consciousness and saturation in all aspects of the media. We read about it in the news, see campaigns on social media, and we’ve even seen some of the effects of political consciousness in the entertainment we consume.
All art is political, and the channels through which these views are disseminated should be continually diversified. Films like Get Out and Black Panther made waves in recent years due to the vital messages embedded in their narratives paired with a heavy dose of mainstream appeal. They are fundamentally different movies – as disparate as a low-budget horror movie and a Marvel tentpole will always be – but they come from the same spirit of propelling the unique voices of the marginalized to the forefront.
Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You absolutely fits into this mold, too, in its own vibrantly disruptive way, although that also feels like a serious understatement. Here we have the debut feature film of the man best known as the frontman of political rap group The Coup, so what else could we have expected?
A featurette from Sorry to Bother You distributor Annapurna Pictures, which you can watch below, tilts the spotlight towards the filmmaker (and “teacher, activist, musician, and author”). Although it’s a brief clip, we’re treated to a definitive taste of what Riley’s ambitious vision for Sorry to Bother You is going to be like.
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