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History of the Blues: Music born of sweat and sorrow that’s at the heart of Ryan Coogler’s Sinners
The story of a folk art form with roots in Africa and emergence in the Mississippi Delta, which became the essence of ...
Ryan Coogler Recalls Going on the Mississippi Blues Trail With Ludwig Göransson to Create ‘Sinners' Music
Sinners director Ryan Coogler and composer Ludwig Göransson didn't just read up on Mississippi Delta blues while making the music for the 2025 blockbuster film Sinners; they went to experience it for ...
‘Sinners’ Goes Beyond Horror and the Blues for Clarksdale, Miss.
The community effort and attention around “Sinners,” a blockbuster horror movie, became an opportunity to talk about ...
Ryan Coogler and ‘Sinners’ cast celebrate blues culture in Clarksdale, Mississippi
"Sinners" director Ryan Coogler comes down to Clarksdale, Miss., to host a series of special series of film that's based off ...
The Mississippi town behind the box office hit Sinners
Ryan Coogler presented his smash-hit Sinners in Clarksdale, Mississippi, which served as inspiration for his genre-defying ...
Bobby Harrison: How ‘Sinners’ and the Blues tell story of the Great Migration
The movie is based on the believable theory that music or especially gifted musicians can conjure up magic through their ...
MONDAY: Mississippi's first Buc-ee's holding grand opening June 9
The long wait is almost over! The first-ever Buc-ee's in Mississippi will open Monday, June 9, with doors opening at 6 a.m. and the official ribbon cutting at 10 a.m.
‘Sinners’ Shows Clarksdale’s Past. What’s Next for the Birthplace of the Blues?
Tyler Yarbrough makes it clear. Sinners and the cultural fest that followed may have thrust Clarksdale into the national ...
“Sinners”: Director Ryan Coogler on His Latest Hit, Delta Blues, His Mississippi Roots & Vampires
We begin our Memorial Day special with acclaimed director Ryan Coogler about his latest film Sinners, which is set to be one ...