Director Boots Riley on "I Love Boosters"
About this episode
Boots Riley discusses the influence of music on his writing and the challenges of indie filmmaking.
The writer and director of “I Love Boosters” sits down with IndieWire’s Craft Editor Sarah Shachat to discuss how music shapes his writing process, bringing ambitious cinematic ideas to life on an indie budget, the rough beauty and tactile emotion of stop-motion animation, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Sarah Shachat
Guest: Boots Riley
Topics covered
- music in film
- independent filmmaking
- stop-motion animation
- writing process
- cinematic ideas
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Books & works: I Love Boosters
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