With this startling and hilarious film, rapper-turned-film-maker Boots Riley brings back a kind of satirical edge that has been sorely missing from American cinema.
Lakeith Stanfield (Get Out, Atlanta) stars as Cassius Green, a young man living in what appears to be present-day Oakland, California. Facing considerable financial pressure, Cassius wants to avoid signing up for WorryFree, an organisation that pays your bills in return for a lifetime of servitude.
Cassius gains employment as a telemarketer, but struggles to do well. Then an older employee explains the secret to sales success on the phone: use a "white" voice.
Cassius follows his advice. Voiced by comic actor David Cross when on the phone, he makes huge advances and is promoted to the hallowed status of "Power Caller".
But his newfound status exposes him to corporate secrets that may just turn his mind inside out.
