BAM welcomed Boots Riley, Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, and more for a Q&A following the New York premiere of Sorry to Bother You opening night of BAMcinemaFest. Sorry to Bother You opens July 6 at BAM Rose Cinemas. The audacious, deliriously inventive debut from musician-turned-filmmaker Boots Riley marks the arrival of one of American cinema’s most exhilarating new talents. “Use your white voice.” With that simple piece of advice, stuck-on-the-bottom-rung telemarketer Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfield) goes from living in his uncle’s garage to rocketing up the corporate ladder as the company’s newest rising star “power caller.” But just what is he selling? Abetted by game performances from Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, and Armie Hammer as a crazed capitalist super-villain, Riley blends head-spinning surrealism with bomb-throwing sociopolitical satire for a cracked and brilliant anarcho-comedy that keeps topping its own craziness. Learn More: https://goo.gl/4oKY7r
