03-11-2025 17:32 via chicagodefender.com

Filmmaker Celebrates the Return of ‘Sinners’ and Its Southern Gothic Roots Re-Release

by Chat McDuffieHoward University News ServiceForget movie of the year — “Sinners” is a cultural event, a cinematic reckoning that redefines what Black horror and Southern storytelling can look like. Vampires, hoodoo, southern blackness, religion, blues and blood infiltrated our minds when the film opened in April. If you’re like me, some notable scenes constantly replay in your head.If you haven’t experienced this masterpiece in person, it’s back in theaters
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