Boots Riley on 'I Love Boosters': Visual Storytelling, Oakland, and Keke Palmer's Lead Role
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Summary
Director Boots Riley discusses his new film "I Love Boosters," a follow-up to "Sorry to Bother You" and "I'm a Virgo." The film follows a young woman named Corvette (Keke Palmer) who boosts clothes from department stores to sell back into her Oakland community while pursuing her own designer dreams. Riley explains his approach to visual storytelling, including his technique of "pulling a Peter Greenaway" to create the visual narratives he wants to tell. The article explores Riley's formal inventiveness, use of color, and political themes including calls for a General Strike.
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· 3 pulledDirector Boots Riley hasn't played the classic video game Katamari Damacy, but he has thrown a giant rolling ball's worth of color, formal inventiveness, and calls for a General Strike into his new film 'I Love Boosters.'
It is only partially true to say that Riley's follow-up to 'Sorry to Bother You' and 'I'm a Virgo' is a story about a young woman named Corvette (Keke Palmer) who boosts clothes from department stores to sell back into her Oakland community while having big designer dreams of her own.
Writer and director Boots Riley tells IndieWire why 'pulling a Peter Greenaway' is important to creating the visual stories he wants to tell.
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