The Blues History Behind Sinners - Pop Screen Episode 161

SAMMEH! Yes, finally we're getting round to Ryan Coogler's box-office-busting, Oscars-history-making period vampire gangster epic. Joe from Dreaming Machine rejoins Graham to talk about how Coogler's hit film explores the history, tradition and continued relevance of the blues, all the time mindful of our... let's say shaky status as two white guys talking about this. We want your songs, we want your stories, etc. etc.

Join us and find out which literary masterpiece might have inspired Coogler's choice of music for Remmick and his crew, which legendary folk singer was a regular at one of the cast's childhood church, and which legends of Black culture are nodded to in the film's legendary one-take musical number. We also talk about IMAX aspect ratio changes, Coogler's time with Marvel and how it may have impacted this film, and - the hot topic of the moment! - Timothee Chalamet's opinions on ballet.

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