Sinners, the first original film by Ryan Coogler, is mesmerizing audiences, sparking meaningful conversations and honoring the intriguing evolution of American music and the soulful roots of American culture. The passion, brilliance and artistic vision of Ryan Coogler takes Sinners beyond being an entertaining movie and make it a layered, emotional and empowering experience that stays with viewers long after the credits roll.

Blending mesmerizing elements of supernatural horror, drama, thriller, romance, blues-soaked music, and high-stakes action, Sinners unfolds over one eventful day in 1932 Clarksdale, Mississippi. In a story both meaningful and haunting, a tight-knit Black community triumphantly opens a juke joint—only to find themselves forced to defend it against a rising army of vampires lurking just beyond the fields. Each beat of the story reveals new layers of rebirth, respect, and legacy.

Michael B. Jordan portrays twin brothers, Smoke and Stack.

📝Plot
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

⭐A larger-than-life story: Quote from Sinners writer and director Ryan Coogler

“I knew it would be a period piece and a horror movie, so I knew film made the most sense for that,” Coogler said. “But after getting into the research of the project and learning the epic scale of the contribution of Delta Blues when it comes to global popular culture, how this music kinda launched pop music as we know it … I realized that this was a larger-than-life story.”

Lindsey Bahr of the Associated Press states, "It’s something that needs to be seen to be believed, right down to Coogler’s longtime collaborator Michael B. Jordan playing identical twins. And it’s already a critical hit."
'Sinners' mixes Blues, vampires, and the Mississippi Delta into Ryan Coogler's first original film 

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Okay then! I have not seen it, and was definitely going to avoid it, because of my plethora of challenges as it relates to race and my ongoing healing journey. 

My sister saw the movie on Thursday night with her daughters in Atlanta; and after what she texted me, I'm grateful to say that this movie might help push me a bit more forward on my race healing journey.

🪕"Literally the best movie I've seen in years!!!!

I'm trying to think of something better. It's up there with the best of the best.

People were outside of the movie talking about it. People stayed in the theater!
Absolutely incredible movie! Go see it!!!

It's nothing like you think or imagine it would be.

Ryan Coogler is a next level genius director

Alice (daughter) cried multiple times. I tears up in the first 15 minutes. I honestly can't explain it.

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I texted back:
Wowwwwwwwwwwww
Wasn't depressing just deep? Can't wait for you to tell me about it

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She responded back:
You know nothing impresses me. 
It's one of the best bodies of work I've ever seen in life

Wasn't depressing just unbelievably deep with never ending messages etc

I honestly can't think of anything better written

It was scholarly

I texted back:
I know right...nothing does impress you. Except the Goonies and stuff lol
I've never seen you this excited about a movie at all
This is so awesome

I'm definitely gonna go
I'm so glad we got something black and worthy
I hope it smashes records

I read that he pushed Black Panther 3 back to get this done first

She texted back
This is his best body of work to date. It's a top movie-like text book how a movie is supposed to be done

Every single aspect was genius level

Me:
Hallelujah

Her:
It's his career defining movie-
It sets him miles way from any black director before him

And puts him at the top of the list of the best of the best white directors

I'm so proud of him! It was objectively brilliant

Me

I'm elated to hear this. This helps me heal

Her:
Being from the Deep South-yall will cry-not because of black trauma per se

But because he really got it blessed by the ancestors-you're gonna feel connected to our ancestors

Nobody has connected the blood, sweat and tears of our ancestors and their spirit that runs deep within us today-the way he has

It took the right black man-with direct connection to do this!

Me: Wow Amen 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾