'I'm a Virgo' from Oakland director Boots Riley chronicles a 13-foot-tall Black man in Oakland. It's set to air on Amazon Prime this summer.
for decades as a rapper with The Coup and the supergroup Street Sweeper Social Club, which also features Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello. Both of those projects are rooted in his history of activism, which began during his teenage years at Oakland High School.debut in summer 2023, with no official release date announced, but SXSW attendees were treated to a preview of the first four 30-minute episodes.
The premise of the show revolves around a 13-foot-tall Black man named Cootie whose parents have kept him hidden from the world — until he befriends a group of young political organizers who introduce him to activism, fast food and thumping hip-hop subwoofers.Hutton Supancic/Getty Images for SXSWThe show has a surreal feel similar to films by Michel Gondry . There’s an emphasis on practical effects rather than CGI, and Gondry collaborator Maxwell Orgell helmed the production design.
“When I look back on it now, it sounds like a psychotic break. I was doing gymnastics, throwing ninja stars… You know, like Daredevil — he doesn’t really have any powers. I could just do that,” he told journalist Hunter Harris in a SXSW panel discussion. “The things that kind of got me off of that at first was [listening to] Prince and then getting involved in political organizations. Because that mindset would have led me to becoming a cop — that’s what superheroes are.
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