I LOVE BOOSTERS - CLOSING NIGHT FILM

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A crew of professional shoplifters take aim at a cutthroat fashion maven. It’s like community service.

Hip-hop legend and visionary filmmaker Boots Riley is back with I LOVE BOOSTERS. After the ground breaking communist manifesto that was SORRY TO BOTHER YOU (CUFF 2018), he brings his colourful maximalist style back to the Bay Area and has no plans to rein in the weird. With an all-star cast including Keke Palmer (NOPE), LaKeith Stanfield (SORRY TO BOTHER YOU), and Demi Moore (THE SUBSTANCE), this is sure to be one of the most talked about films of the season.

OFFICIAL SELECTION
SXSW 2026

DIRECTOR'S BIO
Boots Riley is a provocative and prolific poet, rapper, songwriter, producer, screenwriter, director, community organizer, and public speaker. Boots Riley wrote and directed SORRY TO BOTHER YOU, a comedy fantasy scifi film, in his directorial debut. The film premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Fest and opened to strong critical acclaim in theaters nationwide later in 2018, and is available now through streaming. Boots was nominated for the DGA’s Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film Director Award, and SORRY TO BOTHER YOU was nominated for the Film Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay and won the Spirit Award for Best First Feature, as well numerous other awards, including seven critics awards and a Humanitas nomination. He is the lead vocalist of The Coup and Street Sweeper Social Club. Fervently dedicated to social change, Boots was deeply involved with the Occupy Oakland movement. He was one of the leaders of the activist group The Young Comrades. He is the author of the critically acclaimed "Tell Homeland Security-We Are the Bomb."