Directed by Boots Riley Written by Boots Riley   Cast LaKeith Stanfield ... Cassius Green (as Lakeith Stanfield) Tessa Thompson ... Detroit Jermaine Fowler ... Salvador Omari Hardwick ... Mr. _______ Terry Crews ... Sergio Kate Berlant ... Diana DeBauchery Michael X. Sommers ... Johnny Danny Glover ... Langston Steven Yeun ... Squeeze Armie Hammer ... Steve Lift Robert Longstreet ... Anderson David Cross ... Cassius's White Voice (voice) Patton Oswalt ... Mr. _______'s White Voice (voice) Lily James ... Detroit's White British Voice (voice) Forest Whitaker ... First Equisapien / Demarius Rosario Dawson ... Voice in Elevator (voice) Shelley Mitchell ... Mrs. Costello Jerry McDaniel Jr. ... Man Eating Dinner Indigo Jackson ... Cynthia Rose / Neanderthal Woman Eric Jacobus ... Blackwater Commander Elaine A. Clark ... Game Show Host (as Elaine Clark) Mistah F.A.B. ... Car Passenger (as Mistah Fab) Val Garrahan ... Woman on Couch (as Valerie Garrahan) Chad Briggs ... Billboard Worker Ken Baggott ... TV News Reporter (as Kenneth Baggott) David Fine ... Street Preacher Damion Gallegos ... Jim Ellman Michael Rhys Kan ... Mr. Son Molly Brady ... Entertainment News Host Nato Green ... Man in Crowd W. Kamau Bell ... Other Man in Crowd Safiya Fredericks ... Colette Sara Buskirk ... WorryFree Commercial Voice (voice) Terel Gibson ... NTV Spots Announcer Lyrics Born ... Game Show Contestant Gabby LaLa ... Health Clinic Receptionist (as Gabby La La) Thessaly Lerner ... DIY Wig-Making Host Ken Gamble ... Screaming Equisapien (voice) (as Kenneth Gamble) Keniece Ford ... Left Eye Street Artist (as Keneice Ford) Gina Madrid ... Left Eye Street Artist Spy Emerson ... Left Eye Street Artist Silk E ... Left Eye Street Artist Jacinta Kaumbulu ... Left Eye Street Artist Sara Melekova ... Left Eye Street Artist Annie Chen ... Left Eye Street Artist Akilah A. Walker ... Left Eye Street Artist (as Akilah Walker) Akia Greybill ... Left Eye Street Artist Makiah Green ... Left Eye Street Artist Uncredited Cast Sara Anders ... Patient in Waiting Room Rayna Angélique ... Striker / Protester Eric Arnold ... Eric Arnold (voice) William W. Barbour ... Soldier / Party Guest Marcella Bragio ... Power Caller / Lady in Red Anthony Cabello ... Worry Free Gay Commercial Person Cabran E. Chamberlain ... Striker Talon Crow ... Telemarketer Mahari Crown ... Fake Cassius Green M. Shawn Cunningham ... The Bouncer Cyl'Nita ... Striker / Protester Steve Dakota ... Striker John Demakas ... Bloody Protester Jonathan Duffy ... Man Brushing Teeth in Car Yin Dumela ... Striker Oumie Garba ... Girl in VIP Room Tina Gilton ... Telemarketer Tom Hart ... Senator Linda Joy Henry ... Power Caller Jayson Johnson ... Guy on the Street Dawayne Jordan ... Football Player Victor Kali ... Man Talking with Detroit at Gallery Opening Brandon E. Lee ... Injured Striker John Lobato ... House Party Guest Beteal Mahari ... Girl in VIP Room Mary Lu Marr ... Striker Mahal Montoya ... Telemarketer Ed Moy ... Telemarketer Teresa Navarro ... Telemarketer Darlene Nesson ... Wife Ajani Perkins ... Protester Krystle Piamonte ... Manicurist / Striker Mel Powell ... Power Caller Brian Sampson ... Protester Yhana Sibelle ... Party Guest Patricia Simmons ... Factory Worker Victor M. Slone ... Copy Technician Steve Tanabe ... Blackwater Agent Tony Toste ... Blackwater Agent James D. Weston II ... Blackwater Agent Jimi Wheeler ... Protester Kelly Williams ... Dave - Painter Chasing Detroit Tom Woodruff Jr. ... Equisapien Produced by Brian Benson   Nina Yang Bongiovi   Debbie Brubaker   Michael Y. Chow   Gus Deardoff   Jonathan Duffy   Philipp Engelhorn   Poppy Hanks   Caroline Kaplan   Charles D. King   Josh Rappaport   Kim Roth   George Rush   Michael K. Shen   Forest Whitaker   Kelly Williams   Original Music by The Coup Merrill Garbus Boots Riley Tune-Yards

Additional Info Premiere: January 20, 2018 Theatrical Release: July 13, 2018 DVD Release: October 23, 2018 Blu-ray Release: October 23, 2018 Country: Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Websites: Production Companies Cinereach Forest Whitaker's Significant Productions MACRO MNM Creative The Space Program Distributors Annapurna Pictures   (2018) (USA) (theatrical) Annapurna Distribution   (2018) (USA) (theatrical) (through) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2018) (USA) (Blu-ray) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2018) (USA) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.9 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #1,819 / 20,875 Site Ranking #1,815 Manifest: Season 1 (2018) #1,816 Manifest: Season 2 (2020) #1,817 Manifest: Season 3 (2021) #1,818 Manifest: Season 4 (2022) #1,819 Sorry To Bother You (2018) #1,820 Dragon Ball Z: Season 1 (1989) #1,821 Belfast (2021) #1,822 Wag The Dog (1997) #1,823 Fighting With My Family (2019)