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Sorry to Bother You 📞 + 2021 Sundance Recap 🏔

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Karl Delossantos
Feb 05, 2021
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Happy Friday! I hope you’ve been having a great week. Today’s recommendation goes with my Sundance deep dive since it premiered at the fest in 2018 and both of its stars are returning for this year’s fest.

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🍿 Today’s movie: Sorry to Bother You is satire at its finest

Today’s movie is Boots Riley’s sci-fi fantasy dark comedy Sorry to Bother You starring Lakeith Stanfield and Tessa Thompson that premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Here’s what it’s about:

In an alternate present-day (dystopian) version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfield) discovers a magical key to professional success — which propels him into a macabre universe of corporate intrigue involving the CEO (Armie Hammer) of the massive corporation WorryFree. [Trailer]

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