blues
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And now, just shy of his 40th birthday, Coogler is an Oscar winner, for best original screenplay for horror period piece "Sinners," an unlikely mash-up of racial segregation, Southern blues and vampire-fueled gore.
From Barron's
Caton plays a preacher’s teenage son in the movie who risks his soul to sing blues music.
From Los Angeles Times
Set in 1930s Mississippi, “Sinners” is a tale of vampires and blues music, cultural appropriation and the enduring relevance of Black art.
From Los Angeles Times
Insider info: Miles Caton sung alongside the musician H.E.R. before being cast as blues prodigy Preacher Boy, but he had to learn to master the guitar for the role.
For Maisler to build a cast that felt summoned rather than selected for the sweeping musical “Sinners,” finding the young blues musician Sammie required “a worldwide search down every avenue imaginable,” she said.
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