Boots Riley Is Taking His ‘I Love Boosters’ on a College Tour

Can’t make it to SXSW? Can’t wait until May to see Boots Riley‘s sophomore feature film? Still in college? Have we got good news for you. Ahead of its premiere as the opening-night offering at this year’s SXSW Film Festival, the filmmaker and Neon have today announced that “I Love Boosters” will go on a college tour (Riley included) that kicks off this April.

Per Neon, Riley’s second film, following his 2018 debut “Sorry to Bother You” sees the multi-disciplinary artist and creator “honing in on his singular style; deftly crafting a representation of the absurdities of the world we live in” and the film will “expand Riley’s tradition of boundary-pushing storytelling and inspires audiences to be part of something bigger than themselves.”

The film stars Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie, Taylour Paige, Lakeith Stanfield, Poppy Liu, Eiza Gonzalez, Will Poulter, Don Cheadle, and Demi Moore. Per its wonderfully slim logline, the film follows “a crew of professional shoplifters who take aim at a cutthroat fashion maven. It’s like community service.”

Neon will release the film in theaters nationwide on Friday, May 22. The film opens this year’s SXSW and will mark Riley’s second time premiering a project at the festival, following his 2023 Prime Video series “I’m a Virgo.” 

Check out the college tour’s schedule below:

Friday, March 27: University of Alabama @ 5:30 p.m. + Q&A with Boots Riley

Monday, April 6: Yale University @ 3:45 p.m. + Q&A with Boots Riley

Tuesday, April 7: NYU at Regal Union Square @ 6:30 p.m. + Q&A with Boots Riley

Wednesday, April 8: Indiana University at IU Cinema @ 7 p.m. + Q&A with Boots Riley

Friday, April 10: Temple University at AMC Broadstreet @ 5 p.m. + Q&A with Boots Riley

Saturday, April 11: Wesleyan University @ 7 p.m. + Q&A with Boots Riley

Wednesday, April 15: Ohio State University at Gateway OSU @ 7 p.m.  + Q&A with Boots Riley

Friday, April 17: Ohio University at Athena Cinema @ 7 p.m. + Q&A with Boots Riley

Tuesday, April 21: University of Houston @7 p.m. + Q&A with Boots Riley

Wednesday, May 6:  UC Santa Cruz at The Del Mar Theater @ 6:30 p.m. + Q&A with Boots Riley

Saturday, May 9: OU Tulsa, University of Tulsa & Langston University hosted by Dreamland @ 8:15 p.m. +  Q&A with Boots Riley