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How to Steal Back the Future: Boots Riley on His “Best Film Yet”

A few days before May Day—International Worker’s Day—I traveled to Oakland’s Grand Lake Theatre for the West Coast premiere of activist-writer-director Boots Riley’s sophomore film, I Love Boosters. The 100-year-old movie palace—which was one of many businesses across the country

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How to Steal Back the Future: Boots Riley on His “Best Film Yet”A few days before May Day—International Worker’s Day—I traveled to Oakland’s Grand Lake Theatre for the West Coast premiere of activist-writer-director Boots Riley’s sophomore film, I Love Boosters. The 100-year-old movie palace—which was one of many businesses across the country
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