Boots Riley

And in the same way that often I'm trying to cast against type, in that way, I saw with this, like, this is a chance to see someone do stuff that they haven't done before.

And that she has this whole skill set that people were underappreciating.

Mm-hmm.

Well, I think that we're all inside the system.

I think if I had a job, I've had many jobs at retail.

I've had many jobs online.

you know, doing stuff.

I've constructed Redwood decks, all sorts of things like that.

And I'm inside the system.

Like there's no getting out of it until we have a movement that creates a whole different system.

And I think what my films and my music has always said is that we all are the system.

And my goal with my art is to instigate class struggle.

So the reason that people know about me, for instance—

is because of originally, because of the music and now because of the movies.

But from day one with the music, we were on EMI Records, no longer existing corporation, but they were maybe one of the most owned by a lot of heinous multinational corporation, multinational corporation with investments all over the place, right?

The reason is, is because

I want this out on a platform to talk to people who, you know, they're not seeking out alternative things.

They're not going to the punk DIY spot.

But I wouldn't even put it that way because we're we're inside already.

Like there's no getting out of it.