With his critically acclaimed hit “Sinners,” director-writer Ryan Coogler cements himself as a transformational filmmaker. “Sinners,” a gleefully genre-bending, soulful vampire spectacle, signifies on the American and Southern legacy of white supremacy at a moment when teaching the uncomfortable history of race in America is being outlawed. Auteurs — and we can safely identify Coogler as such — often do this: produce revelatory work that is at once prophetic and a sign of the times in the national culture and the industry itself.
Coogler requested and received a rare stake in his studio-produced film, securing from Warner Bros. first-dollar gross points, final cut and ownership of the film in 25 years.
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