Sinners isn’t just a vampire story, it’s a America's mirror. Set in Jim Crow Mississippi, it sinks its teeth into the real horrors Black folks faced: chain gangs, racial passing, and survival by any means.
Yet, it doesn’t stop there, Mississippi’s Chinese communities had their own battles, caught between exclusion and uneasy alliances.
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Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2025/apr/21/sinners-ryan-coogler-black-experience-horror
https://www.theverge.com/2025/4/17/25058542/sinners-ryan-coogler-movie-review-vampires-horror
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Delta_blues&oldid=1285841739
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Juke_joint&oldid=1286491315
https://slate.com/culture/2025/04/sinners-movie-ryan-coogler-vampires-villains-white-supremacy-review.html
https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/ryan-coogler-sinners-origins-uncle-james-personal-1235090002/
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