Dig deeper into the Delta blues with these documentaries about legendary musicians Robert Johnson, Charley Patton and Howlin' ...

From props to paint, these Louisiana artists created the look and feel of Ryan Coogler's new vampire movie, filmed here last ...

The movie Sinners takes place in Clarksdale, Miss., but its residents can't watch it without leaving town. Now the movie is ...

Clarksdale, Mississippi was ground central for Delta Blues and the site where Robert Johnson supposedly sold his soul to the devil at the crossroads. Morgan Freeman appears in the film to describe ...

In particular, the film celebrates Delta blues, music made by Black artists “living under a back-breaking form of American apartheid,” and what Coogler describes as “our country’s most ...

Despite the movie being set in the Mississippi Delta, Ryan headed to the neighboring state of Louisiana to film, where the cast and crew were sometimes subjected to working in blazing temperatures of ...

Coogler’s love for Delta blues permeates the film, with a soundtrack of slide guitar and harmonica weaving scenes together. The film’s standout moment occurs when Sammie, jamming with the juke ...

The film follows twin brothers Elijah “Smoke ... solace, and resistance. Delta blues music, a style born in the Mississippi Delta region, is central to Sinners‘ atmosphere and plot.

Their cousin Sammie, a pastor's son known as Preacher Boy (played by newcomer Miles Caton), is an aspiring musician; his ...