Tim Hood
Smyrna
“I just wanted to give my comment about this movie called The Sinners. I definitely highly recommend the movie. Not just because the movie is great, but it’s so historical, and it’s important for us to engage movies [that have] black directors who are transcending genres and introducing us to different concepts of cinematography. The storyline of the movie, I don’t want to be a spoiler, is definitely recommended for checking this movie out. I think it will become a part of many of our current collections and which will just enhance it. But it’s a wonderful movie, expertly done.”
Zoe Renee
Atlanta
“I saw ‘Sinners’ and I highly recommend it. It’s a story about what you let in and how that matters. That you have control of the energies that come into the soul, to creativity, to the passions that you have in your life. And to me it was just, yeah, a sermon on that, honestly. I think by far the juke joint, when ancestors come, we see that music travels from time and space and it comes and rejoices in one place. I thought it was beautiful. And now I’m looking at live music and everything different. I was at a club last night and I was like, my ancestors are probably here with me. I better act right, so yeah.”
Leo Roberts
Atlanta
“My take away from the movie Sinners, I just pretty much enjoy the fact that they’re showing the perspective of black excellence from business perspectives. I’m a business owner myself. And just to be able to see that come from the movie and be portrayed was amazing compared to a time period where sometimes you saw this being a little bit more on the oppressed side. You got to see a different positive side. So that’s my take. Yeah.”
Brian Rice
Kennesaw
“My overall take from Sinners was, it was a pretty good movie. Had some hidden messages. Probably need to go see it again to catch some of the hidden messages that were in it. But overall, my first take was, it was a very good movie, it was entertaining. I loved the scene with the different musical interpretations, the different timeline of music with it going into the roof, being on fire. I thought that was amazing on the first watch, so. Yeah, I enjoyed the movie, it was Coogler, they did their thing with that one.”
Antonesha Walker
Atlanta by way of Kansas City
“It was a phenomenal film. It layered so many things between lore and actuality, like our previous history. I love the sci-fi part in it as it relates to vampires. I think there was also an added, I didn’t see this come in, a social commentary piece as it related to race relations. And I said, oh, this is highlighting how, as black people oftentimes, our downfall is our perception of ally-hood from others. And, I’m not sorry to say, that was my biggest take away from the film. I would definitely recommend everyone see it black, brown, in between whatever the case. But I definitely think that there was some social political commentary for black folks.”