Boots Riley
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 streaming series I'm a Virgo premiered on Prime Video, which Riley wrote and directed.
| Known For | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.1419 |
| Birthday | 1971-04-01 |
| Place of Birth | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Also Known As | The Coup , |
2023
Fremont
6.362/109
Donya, a lonely Afghan refugee and former translator, spends her twenties drifting through a meager existence in Fremont, California. Shuttling betwee...
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Fremont
2009
First Earth: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture
6/4
FIRST EARTH is a documentary about the movement towards a massive paradigm shift for shelter - building healthy houses in the old ways, out of the ver...
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First Earth: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture
2008
In Prison My Whole Life
0/0
William Francome is a fairly typical, white middle-class guy. Typical except for the fact that he is about to embark on a journey into the dark heart...
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In Prison My Whole Life
2013
99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film
6.4/7
This award winning documentary, narrated by Lou Reed, explores the breadth and depth of Occupy Wall Street and how it quickly grew from a small park i...
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99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film
2022
I'm Charlie Walker
5/10
1971 post civil rights San Francisco seemed like the perfect place for a black Korean War veteran and his family to realize their dream of economic in...
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I'm Charlie Walker
2000
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
6.923/13
From neighborhood ciphers to the most notorious MC battles, "Freestyle: the Art of Rhyme" captures the electrifying energy of improvisational hip-hop-...
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Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
2015
Rope a Dope 2
5.7/9
The Dope wakes up after his victory, but now the leader of The Martial Art Mafia is out for revenge... and he's got a new trick up his sleeve!
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Rope a Dope 2
2006
The Coup: The Best Coup DVD Ever
0/0
The Coup is one of the most notoriously political groups in the history of rap music. This DVD features music videos and interviews with Boots Riley a...
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The Coup: The Best Coup DVD Ever
2026
The Last Critic
0/1
Sixty years & a million records ago, Robert Christgau invented Rock music criticism. Anyone who has ever read or written a Pop music review has been i...
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The Last Critic
2021
When I See Them, I See Us
0/0
We choose to build with one another in a shoulder to shoulder struggle against state-sanctioned violence. A violence that is manifest in the speed of...
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