Ep. 1 (Part 2): Boots Riley

For this season’s final episode, we kick it with musician-turned-filmmaker Boots Riley. His feature-film directorial debut, “Sorry to Bother You” premiered at Sundance and was released in July 2018. The film, which he describes as an “absurdist dark comedy with magical realism and science fiction, inspired by the world of telemarketing,” took Hollywood by storm (grossed 18.3M from $3.2M) and disrupted common notions about the power of satire to drop smart bombs. In this extended 4-part episode, Keba and Boots chop it up about how they met at SF State, how Boots got his nickname, political activism and class struggle, his iconic band, The Coup, the role of artists-as-entrepreneurs, his upcoming new tv series, and much, much more. Stay tuned after the show for “Mo’Dojo,” a new aftershow segment to share off-mic stories and guests’ outtakes. Follow @redbaycoffee or @gamechangersfilms for updates about next season.