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Sinners director Ryan Coogler and composer Ludwig Göransson didn't just read up on Mississippi Delta blues while making the ...
"Sinners" director Ryan Coogler comes down to Clarksdale, Miss., to host a series of special series of film that's based off ...
The Mississippi Delta is no stranger to the blues. But this week, it’s the big screen bringing the buzz to Clarksdale. The ...
The birthplace of the Blues — and much of American music — lies in Mississippi’s northwest corner.
We begin our Memorial Day special with acclaimed director Ryan Coogler about his latest film Sinners, which is set to be one ...
The film 'Sinners' connects Delta ... Blues to magic, myth and spiritual power. Director Ryan Coogler uses the Great Migration to explore roots of U.S. culture. Symbolism in 'Sinners' links ...
Ms Luckett, like many who were raised in the Mississippi Delta, grew up listening to locally-crafted Blues music and singing in her church choir. It's experiences like hers - and places like Red's ...
This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows actors Delroy Lindo, from left, and Michael B. Jordan with director-writer-producer Ryan Coogler on the set of "Sinners." (Eli Adé/Warner Bros ...
As I drive my rented Dodge Hornet south on Highway 61 across the flat Mississippi Delta, the region’s famous native son B.B. King croons “Why I Sing the Blues” on the radio. Music that ...
electrified version of the Delta blues, and it grew out of the Great Migration, after Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf and others rode the Illinois Central railroad north out of Mississippi.
Sinners’ Mixes Blues, Vampires and the Mississippi Delta Into Ryan Coogler’s 1st Original Film Ryan Coogler only makes personal movies. “Fruitvale Station” was set in his hometown of ...