Sorry to Bother You
Why this pick
Like Blindspotting, it turns Oakland’s pressures of race, work, and friendship into an audacious tonal ride, using sharp comedy and escalating unreality without losing its righteous anger.
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SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
Why this pick
Like Blindspotting, it turns Oakland’s pressures of race, work, and friendship into an audacious tonal ride, using sharp comedy and escalating unreality without losing its righteous anger.
Why this pick
It shares Blindspotting’s urgent aftermath of police violence and its focus on how trauma reverberates through family, friendship, and a community, balancing accessible drama with pointed social observation.
Why this pick
Its nimble comic momentum, contemporary Black perspective, and close-knit friendships echo Blindspotting’s playful surface, while its characters navigate systems that keep turning ordinary choices into high-stakes ones.
Why this pick
Another Oakland-set drama that carries the same social urgency and intimate city specificity. Its restrained, compassionate approach makes the institutional violence at its center feel painfully immediate.
Why this pick
For Blindspotting’s blend of humor, rhythmic verbal energy, and urban frustration, this lively black-and-white character piece offers a fiercely personal creative struggle shaped by gentrification and community.
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01 / THE STORY
Collin, a convicted felon, is struggling to finish the last three days of his probation. Along with his short-tempered best friend Miles, he works for a moving company located in Oakland, a city in the Bay Area. One night while waiting for a red light, Collin witnesses a white police officer gun down a black civilian. As Collin is haunted by the incident, he begins to have nightmares and experiences hallucinations.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

Collin

Miles

Val

Ashley

Mama Liz

Rin

James
Yorkie