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Boots Riley
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.
Top Filmography
6.3
Fremont
2023 // MOVIE
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 // TV
6.9
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
2000 // MOVIE
5.7
Rope a Dope 2
2015 // MOVIE
6.4
99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film
2013 // MOVIE
4.8
I'm Charlie Walker
2022 // MOVIE
6.0
First Earth: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture
2009 // MOVIE
0.0
In Prison My Whole Life
2008 // MOVIE
0.0
The Coup: The Best Coup DVD Ever
2006 // MOVIE
0.0
The Last Critic
2026 // MOVIE