“Blues wasn't forced on us like that religion. Nah, son, we brought that with us from home. It's magic what we do. It's sacred... and big.”

Penny, Sam, Kara and Jason revel in the artistic and box office success of Ryan Coogler’s genre defying tale of family, fellowship, music, and freedom. The discussion ranges from the serious to the silly, with stops along the way for auteur theory, sports metaphors, representation, all art is political, zombie movies, sundown towns, the Tulsa Massacre/Black Wall Street, the horror genre as conduit for political and social discourse, joy as revolutionary act, A.I. and cultural appropriation, Annie as a potential slayer, oners, Alvin Ailey, and #OscarsSoWhite.   

Note: Since this is an R-Rated movie, we’ve decided not to humorously bleep out the swear words.  

Next time we’ll be covering Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 4, Episode 11, “Doomed.” 

Keep Slaying!

News Links/Referenced Links

Sinners (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Album by Sinners Movie | Spotify

Jim Crow Museum

Blues Foundation

The ‘Sinners’ Movie Syllabus - AAIHS

Life (1999) Official Trailer - Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence Movie HD

The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow. Richard Wormser. 

Segregated America. Smithsonian Institute. 

Jim Crow Laws. National Park Service. 

“Exploiting Black Labor After the Abolition of Slavery.” The Conversation. 

https://www.npr.org/2017/03/08/515814287/heres-whats-become-of-a-historic-all-black-town-in-the-mississippi-delta

“The Model Minority Myth”

Aspect Ratios with Sinners Director Ryan Coogler

Mound Bayou, Mississippi - Wikipedia

Ruth E. Carter on designing costumes from ‘Do The Right Thing’ to ‘Black Panther’

Ruth Carter's Creative Process | Oscar-Winning Costume Designer

Watch Abstract: The Art of Design | Netflix Official Site

Ryan Coogler on 'Sinners' Creative Process, 'Black Panther' News, NBA Players Love & More

Ryan Coogler says 'Sinners' inspiration felt 'like a bolt of lightning'

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Viewing Order

BONUS: “Sinners” 

Buffy 4x11 - Doomed

Angel 1x11 - Somnambulist

Angel 1x12 - Expecting

Angel 1x13 - She

Buffy 4x12 - A New Man

Buffy 4x13 - The I In Team

Buffy 4x14 - Goodbye Iowa

Angel 1x14 - I've Got You Under My Skin

Angel 1x15 - The Prodigal

Buffy 4x15 - This Year's Girl (1/2)

Buffy 4x16 - Who Are You? (2/2)

Buffy 4x17 - Superstar

Angel 1x16 - The Ring

Angel 1x17 - Eternity

Buffy 4x18 - Where the Wild Things Are

Buffy 4x19 - New Moon Rising

Angel 1x18 - Five by Five (1/2)

Angel 1x19 - Sanctuary (2/2)

Buffy 4x20 - The Yoko Factor (1/2)

Buffy 4x21 - Primeval (2/2)

Buffy 4x22 - Restless

Angel 1x20 - War Zone

Angel 1x21 - Blind Date

Angel 1x22 - To Shanshu in LA

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