Centerpiece film<\/a> for this year’s festival, used to showcase culturally significant films.<\/p>\nHeld at Oakland’s historic Grand Lake Theatre, the first screening is set for April 28 at 6:30 p.m. PT, followed by a moderated conversation.\u00a0A second screening will begin\u00a0at 9:30 p.m. PT after a moderated introduction. Tickets are currently available to SFFILM members, but will go on sale to the general public on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
“I’m hyped as hell to bring\u00a0I Love Boosters\u00a0to SFFILM since they were the first organization to recognize me as a filmmaker and to support me in my filmmaking journey,” Boots Riley said in statement. “It’s going to be extra special to premiere in my hometown at Grand Lake Theater [where] I’ve been going to since I was a kid. This film is my best work and it’s going to be special to see this movie, which is set in the Bay Area, play here.”<\/p>\n
The movie will premiere March 12 during opening night of the 2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival. It’s about a crew of professional shoplifters who choose a cutthroat fashion maven as their next target. Keke Palmer, LaKeith Stanfield,\u00a0Don Cheadle\u00a0and more star in the film.<\/p>\n
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