Rapper, activist and filmmaker Boots Riley is deep in his creative bag with upcoming Prime Video series I’m A Virgo. On Monday (March 6), the Sorry to Bother You director gave an exclusive first-look to Complex. A seven-episode show, I’m A Virgo centers a 13-foot-tall Cootie (Jharrel Jerome) who lives in Oakland, California under the protection of his parents Martisse (Mike Epps) and Lafrancine (Carmen Ejogo).

Aware of how people perceive him, Cootie attempts to focus on his humanity to connect with others, namely referencing his zodiac sign to dissuade the attention from being on his height.

“People see this Black giant coming down the street. They have all sorts of ideas about what he is, what’s important, what they should be scared of, and that may be very different than what he cares about himself,” Riley told Complex. “The fact that he is a Virgo is probably the last thing that anybody cares about.”

Boom.
I'm A Virgo.

Comes out later this year

starring Jharrel Jerome, Mike Epps, Walton Goggins, Brett Gray, Carmen Ejogo, Olivia Washington, Kara Young, and Allius Barnes pic.twitter.com/0ufTfm7oPc

— Boots Riley (@BootsRiley) March 6, 2023

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