For nearly a year, Ryan Coogler’s vampire drama “Sinners” has dominated the cultural conversation — from its blockbuster box office to dissections of its references and their significance, to the filmmaker’s illuminating lesson about aspect ratios, and culminating with its record 16 Oscar nominations, including best picture.
But none of that would’ve happened without producer Zinzi Coogler and all the women — actresses and artisans — who made the film sing.
At the Essence Black Women in Hollywood awards on Thursday afternoon, Zinzi Coogler, cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw, production designer Hannah Beachler, costume designer Ruth E. Carter, hair designer
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