In collaboration with Duke Cinematic Arts, echo presents
Brunch with Boots Riley
Friday, Sept 18 · 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST
echo, 404 Hunt St, Suite 500, Durham
Pull up a chair for an intimate brunch conversation with filmmaker, musician, and cultural provocateur Boots Riley.
No keynote. No polished presentation. Just a candid conversation with local artists, filmmakers, young creatives, and community voices about what it takes to build a creative life that is both meaningful and sustainable.
you are also invited to
I Love Boosters:
Community Screening
Reserved for the echo community, with seats for everyone interested.
Doors open 30 minutes before showtime.
Wednesday, September 16 · 7:00 PM
Rubenstein Arts Center Film Theater, Duke University, 2020 Campus Drive, Durham, NC
Free parking in the Campus Drive Lot across the street from the theater, on Anderson St.
2 more free screenings are open to the public on Thursday, September 17, at the
Rubenstein Arts Center Film Theater, Duke University, 2020 Campus Drive, Durham, NC.
Space is limited and seating is first come, first served.
1:30 PM — Screening + Panel Discussion
Boots Riley in conversation with:
Prof. Franklin Cason (Cinematic Arts)
Prof. Michael Hardt (Literature)
Prof. Kathi Weeks (Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies)
7:00 PM — Screening + Q&A with Boots Riley
About the Film and the Filmmaker
I Love Boosters (2026)
Corvette (Keke Palmer) boosts designer clothes to redistribute in Oakland, leading to a surreal,
dimension-bending journey about class, art, and belonging.
Boots Riley is a filmmaker, activist, and musician, best known as the frontman of The Coup.
He directed Sorry to Bother You (Independent Spirit Award winner) and created the series I'm a Virgo.
I Love Boosters is his second feature film.