Sorry to Bother You Movie Screening

What:

Join Ware to go see a FREE screening of Boots Riley's film Sorry to Bother You at the Institute of Contemporary Art on Friday, March 22nd from 4-6pm.  We will be leaving from the Upper Quad Gate at 3:45 to walk over.

This is a great opportunity to see the film in the context of a contemporary art museum and there will be a short, informal post-screening discussion with Temple Professor Kartik Nair and Penn English Ph.D. Candidate JS Wu. Moreover, Boots Riley* is going to come to Penn on April 3rd for a public conversation titled "Revolution is the Solution." Seeing Sorry to Bother You will be a great segeway to attending his talk! 

 

 

*Boots Riley is a provocative and prolific poet, rapper, songwriter, producer, screenwriter, director, community organizer, and public speaker. His film Sorry to Bother You (2018) is a comedy fantasy sci-fi film that raises issues of race, labor, and social movements. Fervently dedicated to social change, Riley was deeply involved with the Occupy Oakland movement. He was one of the leaders of the activist group The Young Comrades. He is the lead vocalist of The Coup and Street Sweeper Social Club, and he is the author of the critically acclaimed Tell Homeland Security—We Are the Bomb.

 

When:

Friday March 22nd, 2019 3:45 PM to 6:00 PM