How Boots Riley Made a ‘Feel-Good’ Movie About Capitalist Exploitation
Boots Riley's new film, I Love Boosters, explores themes of capitalist exploitation through a comedic lens. The story follows a group of shoplifters who band together to challenge a fashion billionaire known for her unethical practices. Riley aims to convey serious messages about workers' rights while maintaining a playful and surreal tone.
- ▪I Love Boosters features a group of shoplifters led by aspiring designer Corvette, played by Keke Palmer.
- ▪The film combines elements of surrealism and humor to address serious issues like capitalist exploitation and workers' rights.
- ▪Boots Riley describes the film as his best work, highlighting its focus on global worker connections and activism.
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In Boots Riley's new movie, I Love Boosters, hard-up shoplifters wage war against a derivative fashion billionaire who relies on sweatshop labor and drops racist epithets almost as often as she calls herself a visionary. Societal loneliness is cured by way of a pyramid scheme led by a prosthetics-laden Don Cheadle, and a giant ball of eviction notices stalks people through the streets of San Francisco like the boulder chasing Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark. There's a soul-sucking demon, a boss who allots his employees 30-second lunch breaks, a frantic heist, and an action sequence involving ruthless Claymation villains. Riley calls it a "feel-good" film.
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