This New Amazon Show Follows a 13-Foot Black Man Through Oakland
Written by Nick VeroninPublished Mar. 06, 2023 • 5:45pm
Arts & Culture
Boots Riley appears at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Jan. 21, 2023. | Corey Nickols/Getty Images for IMDb
One of Oakland's most acclaimed artists took to Twitter this afternoon to tease his latest project. I'm a Virgo is a forthcoming Amazon streaming series from Boots Riley, director of Sorry To Bother You and the lead vocalist of The Coup.
Here we go.
— Boots Riley (@BootsRiley) January 11, 2023
My show I'm A Virgo will premiere at SXSW in March.
It's about a 13ft tall Black man who lives in Oakland, CA.
It stars Jharrel Jerome, Brett Gray, Walton Goggins, Mike Epps, Carmen Ejogo, Kara Young, Olivia Washington, and Allius Barnes.
Score by Tuneyards. pic.twitter.com/vQfrZGM9Y3
Featuring performances from actors Jharrel Jerome, Mike Epps, Walton Goggins, Brett Gray, Carmen Ejogo, Olivia Washington, Kara Young and Allius Barnes, the show will reportedly revolve around a 13-foot-tall Black man who lives in Oakland. It will also feature a score by Oakland indie group Tune-Yards. You can watch the teaser trailer below.
The "dark" and "absurd" show—is there any other kind of Riley joint?—was first announced back in the summer of 2020. Riley wrote that the show is set to premiere at SXSW in Austin this month.
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