Boots Riley
Birthday: 1971-01-01
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography: Raymond Lawrence "Boots" Riley (born April 1, 1971) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, rapper, and communist activist. He is the lead vocalist of The Coup and Street Sweeper Social Club. He made his feature-film directorial debut with Sorry to Bother You (released July 2018), which he also wrote. In 2023, the television show I'm a Virgo premiered, which Riley wrote and directed.
Movies
Fremont
Donya, a lonely Afghan refugee and former translator, spends her twenties drifting through a meager ...
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First Earth: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture
FIRST EARTH is a documentary about the movement towards a massive paradigm shift for shelter - build...
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In Prison My Whole Life
William Francome is a fairly typical, white middle-class guy. Typical except for the fact that he is...
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99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film
This award winning documentary, narrated by Lou Reed, explores the breadth and depth of Occupy Wall ...
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I'm Charlie Walker
1971 post civil rights San Francisco seemed like the perfect place for a black Korean War veteran an...
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Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
From neighborhood ciphers to the most notorious MC battles, "Freestyle: the Art of Rhyme" captures t...
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Rope a Dope 2
The Dope wakes up after his victory, but now the leader of The Martial Art Mafia is out for revenge....
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The Coup: The Best Coup DVD Ever
The Coup is one of the most notoriously political groups in the history of rap music. This DVD featu...
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