Boots Riley didn’t mince words on Twitter, calling out international distributors for the lack of foreign release for his critically-acclaimed film Sorry to Bother You. —
re: the international distribution of #SorryToBotherYou :
Even tho we’r outperforming a gang of other movies, distributors r claiming “Black movies” dont do well internationally and r treating it as such. There’r films that bombed here, that theyr distributing. Let em know wsup
— Boots Riley (@BootsRiley) August 4, 2018
To-date, the film has earned over $14 million after a limited and full release.
It stars Lakeith Stanfield as Cassius Green with Tessa Thompson alongside Omari Hardwick, Jermaine Fowler, Armie Hammer, Terry Crews, Danny Glover and Steven Yeun.
The film is set in a speculative and dystopian not-too-distant future and follows a young black man trying to find his purpose in life in an alternative version of Oakland. Living in his uncle’s (Crews) garage, Green finds solace in the arms of his artist, sign-twirling girlfriend, Detroit (Thompson), who chooses activism over affluence. Desperate for more in life, Green finds a job at a telemarketing company where, after receiving some advice from an older co-worker (Glover), he quickly rises the ranks. However, what he isn’t prepared for is what he’ll have to sell or how he’ll have to sell out to stay at the top.
