IWW’s Rebel Worker Movie Night returns for our third winter series!
BELLINGHAM PREMIER OF
SORRY TO BOTHER YOU [2018]
Thursday, December 6, 8 PM
Alternative Library, 519 E. Maple
$5 donation requested, to support the Library and the IWW Organizing Fund.
No one turned away for lack of funds.
How did a film this radical get made in Trumpian America?
Sorry to Bother You, directed by Boots Randolph, is set in a world so similar to our 
own that its dystopian futurism seems familiar. The economy is such that many ordinary people have signed lifetime contracts with a company called Worry Free Living, which guarantees them grueling work, crowded shelter, subpar food, and a modicum of free time. In other words: slavery. This absurdist dark comedy was written and directed by Boots Riley, in his directorial debut. It stars Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler, Omari Hardwick, Terry Crews, Patton Oswalt, David Cross, Danny Glover, Steven Yeun, and Armie Hammer. Set in Oakland, California, the film follows a young African-American telemarketer who adopts a white accent in order to thrive at his job. Once he does, he rapidly gets swept up into a conspiracy, and must choose between making money at the expense of humanity and joining with his activist friends to organize his fellow workers. [Wikipedia].
The Wobs who have seen it say this is a VERY WOBBLY MOVIE
This movie won the National Board of Review’s Top Ten Independent Films award.
Looking forward to seeing all our friends there!
In solidarity,
Movie Committee
Industrial Workers of the World Whatcom-Skagit Branch 