(29 May 2025)
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Clarksdale, Mississippi – 29 May 2025
1. "Sinners" sign
2. People waiting in line
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Shelby Simbs, attendee:
"I’m here to see "Sinners" in Clarksdale where it was based, where the history is from."
4. Clarksdale Civic Auditorium with "Sinners" on screen
5. People sitting
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Shelby Simbs, attendee:
"I’m drawn to this movie. It’s something about how Ryan is able, as I’ve said before, how he’s able to capture the Black experience on film."
7. Ryan Coogler, "Sinners" director greets crowd
8. People clapping
9. Ryan Coogler, "Sinners" director talking during Q-and-A
10. SOUNDBITE (English) David Shaw, attendee:
"I didn’t know before the movie came out that it took place in Clarksdale, right. And with all that, knowing that, there’s not a lot of towns around here that have movie theaters. The initial question is, ‘Well, how are people in this area going to see the movie to begin with?’"
11. "Sinners" on screen
12. Ryan Coogler, "Sinners" director thanking crowd
13. People walking to their seats
14. SOUNDBITE (English) David Shaw, attendee:
"Soon as I saw the petition or heard the petition, I made sure I signed it, made sure I shared it. And it was so important that it got so many signatures as fast as it did, and it brought it here, which we know, we’re so thankful that it worked."
15. Miles Canton, "Sinners" actor speaks to crowd
16. Crowd watching
17. Sev Ohanian, "Sinners" producer speaks
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Brea C’Bette, attendee:
"It’s very beautiful to me that we have this experience because not a lot of people get to see Mississippi for what it really is. A lot of people think we’re just corn fields, and we’re just dirt roads, but there’s so much more to Mississippi than people really get to see."
19. Crowd clapping
20. Panel poses for picture
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Cindy Hurst, attendee:
"The master speaks again, you know. He does a really good, as usual, a really good visual representation of the beauty of the Black culture. I love it."
22. Ryan Coogler, "Sinners" director laughs
23. Crowd watches
24. Clarksdale Civic Auditorium
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of people packed inside the Clarksdale Civic Auditorium Thursday to see the hit film set in their community and steeped in Mississippi Delta culture. The special screening of the blockbuster horror film "Sinners" included an appearance by Director Ryan Coogler and was made possible by a community petition.
"I have family from Mississippi — my uncle, my grandfather — and I had never been until working on this script," Coogler said, addressing the crowd. "It really changed me just to come here."
"Sinners" composer Ludwig Göransson, actor Miles Canton and others who worked on the film also attended the screening.
"Anytime that filmmakers take the time out to pay homage to the Delta, especially, because we’re the root of music, the blues culture, that means a lot," said Brandice Brown Williams, a theater teacher who brought two of her students to the screening.
The film is set in 1930s Clarksdale, Mississippi, but current day Clarksdale doesn’t have a movie theater, making it difficult for people to see the film based in their hometown. Community organizers decided to change that, starting a petition inviting the cast and crew to Clarksdale and asking to collaborate on hosting a public screening.
During the screening, the crowd gasped, laughed and cheered.
AP video by Sophie Bates
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