‘Sorry To Bother You’ Director Boots Riley On WGA Strike, Struggle, Solidarity, Sacrifice & AI – Guest Column
deadline.comEditor’s note: As a founding member of The Coup and the director of the acclaimed Sorry to Bother You, Boots Riley has always brought a social conscious and activism to his work.
Today, the creator of Prime Video’s upcoming TV series I’m a Virgo, which previewed at SXSW and the SFFILM Festival earlier this year, puts a spotlight on the stakes of the current WGA strike and the threat to creative expression and the boon to corporate control that AI represents.
I’m in the Writer’s Guild of America, and I’m also in the Directors Guild of America. I’m one of those so-called multi-hyphenates.
I knew this strike was coming, but originally thought, based on what happened in 2007, the labor action would be relegated to “writing duties.” I thought I’d be able to promote my series that I’d created, directed, co-showrun and worked on for four years.
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