an oakland native studied filmis at san francco state university. the director debut takes on race, humor and telemarketing. >> iea just ry need a job. >> this is telemarketing. >> stick to the script. hello? >> mr. davidson. sorry to -- >> i'm going to give you a tiyo want to make money here? use your white voice?hi >> my voice? >> i'm not talking about will smith whi like this guy. >> hi, mr. kramer -- [ dial tone notic . >> joining me now are the executive director d musician. great to have you both here. i love that greeting. ell, the main character in the movie is an african american telemarketer who skyrockets success after he uses his white voice. how would you define th movie? >> it's an absurdist dark comedy with magical realism and it's called sorry to bother you. >> you were a telemarketer at one point? >> a couple of different points. >> how much of that experience is in this movie? >> i think that's the jumping off r a lot of ideas. and it's not a auto biographic movie, but you use experiences from your life. >> and noah, w did you choo