Boots Riley: The Rolling Stone Studio Live at SXSW

Boots Riley joins The Rolling Stone Studio Live at SXSW to talk about I Love Boosters, his riotous new satire about a crew of Oakland retail thieves led by Keke Palmer and facing off against a fast-fashion mogul played by Demi Moore. In conversation with Rolling Stone film critic David Fear, Riley traces the film’s origins back to his long-running fascination with “boosters,” and explains how his filmmaking extends the same political and cultural instincts behind his music with The Coup. He also breaks down why Palmer is, in his words, a “f**king national treasure,” and why he’s taking the film on the road to college campuses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Boots Riley: The Rolling Stone Studio Live at SXSW is an episode from Rolling Stone Music Now by Rolling Stone.

This episode is 21:05 long.

This episode was published on Apr 2, 2026.

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