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Boots Riley on Art, Oakland, and Labor Movements

Ericka Cruz Guevarra Pendarvis Harshaw Marisol Medina-Cadena Maria Esquinca

Jan 15

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'Sorry to Bother You' director Boots Riley attends the Film Independent at LACMA Presents Screening And Q&A Of 'Sorry To Bother You' at Bing Theater At LACMA on June 28, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images)

Today, we’re re-running an episode from our Rightnowish colleagues. Host Pendarvis Harshaw talks to Oakland filmmaker, organizer and MC, Boots Riley. They talk about his latest T.V show, I’m a Virgo, participating in the Writers Guild of America Strike, and the ways the media has failed in its coverage of the violence in Oakland.

This episode originally aired on Jan.4.

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