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08 July 2026
This event began 07/08/2025 and repeats every year forever
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https://youtu.be/u3iwa9BupmQ?si=KhdwO07s-mWMNA-G
MY THOUGHTS AS I LISTENED
Love the shirt from Zenobia. 00:02:00 From Duck till dawn ahhhh, similar but the storytelling is vastly different. Coogler made characters in Sinners that are better balanced. American Gothic, ok, specificall Black American Gothic ah EVe's Bayou is considered a Black American Gothic 00:04:13 It has stocked Nike's secrets and symbology infatuation with films 00:05:50 good point Nike, Coogler made the correct religious association in the black populace at the time 00:07:10 yeah the guy who played preacher boys father did well as the fanatic black pastor I think many thought on what determines a sinner , who is a sinner, and when are a sinner redeemed. [ https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/369-granting-to-evil-circa-the-film-sinners-from-coogler/ ] 00:09:44 interesting from Zenobia, each character in sinners is a sinner. I think this film shows how much larger the religious zeal/energy is in the black or pan human populace. I concur, many of the characters embrace their lives. They don't dwell, and Delta slim was the oldest so his age makes reflection easier. 00:14:52 hmmm interesting point from Nike, the way in which Coogler framed the reality , didn't hit any audience member with it upside the head but it was not ignored. It is a subtely, a craft, to represent important history from your community without turning your fiction into a historical documentary. 00:16:58 Younger black audiences, seem to really not like to see the pain. Not trying to be ignorant but not consumed. 00:18:41 Nike, psalms 1:07 let the redeemed of the lord say so. The first black person I heard or read quote scripture of the Christian bible. 00:19:26 I concur to Zenobia, this is a collection of individuals brought together through a collective project, a juke joint. 00:21:30 Nike, true, the external communal freedom is desired but the individual freedom was reached by Sammie. yes, Fun is powerful 00:22:46 Everybody loves Annie. yes, how come the ancient black religions didn't come through to save her baby? how come the religion of his uncle didn't save her baby? Yes, people who lose children have a sadness that can be very deep. 00:25:26 Yes, I am happy Delroy Lindo said that. People forget the old black south lifestyle was in the 1900s alive and common and vibrant. I think black people in the 1900s did a disservice raising black kids by making our old black south too distant or disconnected. But as Dash said in Daughters of the Dust , black families who went north intentionally wanted to forget the black southern heritage wholesale, not just the negative but the positive. 00:27:25 of course, Nike forgets pearline's name for a minute:) black men's character. 00:28:57 Zenobia remembers the scene of smoke + any and the incense is burning 00:31:50 I concur, color symbology is heavy in Sinners. 00:33:59 I didn't know Smoke and his brothe'rs last name was Moore. Cool. 00:34:51 Yes, The irish were catholic and also catholic. The English was the overseers to the irish. Right, the dumping ground use of the English colonies by England. 00:37:02 I think one point with sinners is not shying away from the heritage of interacial activity in the usa, not merely the negative but the neutral. I say not positive, but neutral. Many films of the past go into a simplicity, of all peoples in the usa walled against each other but that was never the truth, even in the plantation, especially in the plantation. 00:37:14 Ruth D carter is having a great era as a costumer. 00:38:07 your funny, people couldn't say, they are wearing red white and blue. 00:39:37 well done Nike, colors to ward off spirits. I didn't know. 00:40:35 I concur to Nike, the best black fantasy films from Posse to Sinners accept the presence of whites or white power but the story isn't about whites or white power, but blacks and black empowerment. 00:40:40 Zenobia is the first I heard to call it a tear jerker. hmmm . That is a testament to Coogler's storytelling. 00:41:36 hmm Zenobia maybe answers Nike's question, and sacrifice is maybe the way sinners can be redeemed. 00:42:25 Zenobia is in a bible study group. 00:43:56 Very leech like, Remmick as a vampire is very leech like. 00:44:51 Questions from Nike, Is Sinners one of Ryan Coogler's most personal films? How is his storytelling from Fruitville Station to Sinners changed? What lingers? 00:47:51 aww Zenobia, you softie, the end had you crying:) Sinners has a level of completeness. Heavy detailed with no need of exposition. 00:48:46 The Coogler/Jordan duo is strong, like Depp/Burton or Eastwood/Leone . and great point Nike. Who is the body double? 00:52:01 Blue Ray for Sinners is coming out in December. I bet the BlueRay/DVD people didn't expect it to be this loved. 00:53:07 And like Peele, forget the series. The movie series is corporate, the best filmmakers outside the superhero is one and done's. No Zenobia, I am fearful for universe building on sinners. Of course, Warner Bros, want to make money. That is what made Keannu Reeves control of John Wick well. Starz can't do what they want.
MY COMMENT
Zenobia, what character is depicted on your shirt? Nike, what are your thoughts to Coogler , like Peele, not revealing much, letting the online discourse go into the revelations? Zenobia, how many sins exist? Are their more than seven? To you both, where does Delroy Lindo's performance in Sinners place among his many? Nike, you are the first to quote scripture in discussion about this. Nike or Zenobia, what role do black parents have in the 1900s to making enslavement or more precisely the heritage even after the war between the states, have in making black children think that southern black heritage is ancient instead of the near past. Zenobia, I think your correct about the colors meaning. How often do you think the film sinners was talked about in Christian Bible Study groups? Aww Zenobia, mommy softee:) at the end. Questions asked to viewers of the review. Is Sinners one of Ryan Coogler's most personal films? Tough one. I think it definitely is in the sense that it is something he has produced that doesn't have the media protection of bigger brand content, so he is relying on himself and his vision. How is his storytelling from Fruitville Station to Sinners changed? I don't know. Peele + Coogler seem to be very astute on the stories they present, when and how they present. It is very managed. Unlike someone like myself who doesn't manicure his art for commerce, i think Coogler always does. Not in an evil way but financially comprehending films have to make money to keep making films. What lingers? When Sammie said he wanted to taste Pearline:) I want to taste her too:) hahaa Who is the body double? Percy Bell [ https://www.wfla.com/community/rooted-in-progress/michael-b-jordans-body-double-in-sinners-the-percy-bell-story-rooted-in-progress/ ] Thanks, stay cool this summer and see ya soon.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3iwa9BupmQ&lc=UgzFQGHmY1ei5-wNw6R4AaABAg&pp=0gcJCSMANpG00pGi
Another Sinners discussion
https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/369-granting-to-evil-circa-the-film-sinners-from-coogler/
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08 July 2026
This event began 07/08/2025 and repeats every year forever
video url
https://youtu.be/KznZcK7ksf4?si=uamqnPBo7unq3zU5
my comment
and maybe that is the literary point of hercules the film It is like when Howard Belae gives jenson's cosmology. The audience is bored with the narrative from Beale that they are the problem and they are inevitably finished, that they can't be inspired and they can't improve. Hercules disney cartoon film, says it isn't the sports stars or media idols or the coaches or the media brands that are the problem, the audience is the audiences problem. Sports stars are common folk whose talents and desires to be the best place them in fiscally potent scenarios. Brands are trying to make a dollar in fiscal capitalism , the fans prove the brands correct in how they sell by how fans react, it isn't up to brands to do anything else but make money. The gods listen to the fates to act. The fates get their information from an unknown power. But the gods don't need to know a person to act towards them positively or negatively. I think Hercules the movie does blend in some concepts from hellenia but not purely. HErcules the animated film isn't trying to be modern , fitting the modern sports film or superhero film narrative, or in the past, fitting ancient hellens storytelling ways. It is out of time. anachronistic. And that makes it unique which is what hercules in the film is, a unique being.
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08 July 2026
This event began 07/08/2025 and repeats every year forever
Stormy Monday Blues
as part of Earl Hines band
LYRICS from Earl Hines, Billy Eckstine, Bob Crowder
It's gone and started rainin'
I'm lonesome as a man can be
It's gone and started rainin'
I'm lonesome as a man can be
Cause every time it rains
I realise what you mean to me
If you read my letters, baby
You sure must'a read my mind
If you read my letters, baby
You sure must'a read my mind
Then you wouldn't have left me
To sit alone and pine
Video Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pIdNa9lL5s
Jelly Jelly
as part of Earl Hines band
LYRICS from Earl Hines + Billy Eckstine
Hello baby, I had to call you on the phone
Hello baby, I had to call you on the phone
`Cause I feel so lonesome
And daddy wants his baby home
It's a down-right rotten, Low down dirty shame
It's a down right rotten low down dirty shame
The way that you're treatin' poor me
I know I'm not to blame
Jelly jelly jelly
Jelly stays on my mind
Jelly jelly jelly
Jelly stays on my mind
Jelly roll killed my pappy,
And wrung my mama stone blind.
video link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUGK_okFzzw&list=RDGUGK_okFzzw&start_radio=1
Rhythm In A Riff
heading his own band
Lyrics from Billy Eckstine
[all instruments no voice]
I, love, the rhythm in a riff
when the music jumps, i get a lift
[scatting A with instruments background]
anything, to make it swing
I, love, the music from a tone
but end it with a mello saxophone
[scatting A little lower tone with instruments background]
what a lot of kicks it brings
when that rhythms in ya
the blues don't have a chance
you 'll find the groove will when ya
make you never think about romance
jump jump, the rhythm with a riff
any kind of music gets a lift
[scatting A with instruments background]
anything to make it swing
[instruments no voice]
[scatting B (start with oh higher than A )with instruments background]
[instruments no voice]
[scatting C (start with ba higher than B )with instruments background]
when that rhythm's in ya
the blues don't have a chance
you 'll find the groove will when ya
make you never think about romance
[instruments no voice]
[scatting D (start with ah same height as C)with instruments background]
[Horn lead - instruments no voice, end with drum solo]
[scatting E (same height as A) with instruments background]
Riffin is the thing for me
video link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHd2LTTkrB8&list=RDXHd2LTTkrB8&start_radio=1
the movie is about, if someone can find it, black director, black cast all. 1947
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0135629/
soundie, made from the film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRUKHWJyrbs&list=RDLRUKHWJyrbs&start_radio=1
Even though White people cancelled Billy Eckstine for the following photo[from Martha Holmes, following Eckstine with fans], he never stopped smiling
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08 July 2026
This event began 07/08/2025 and repeats every year forever
Michael B Jordan's Thomas Crown
https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/11716-thomas-crown-affair-and-wealthy-blacks-in-the-real-world/
is Michael B Jordan's thomas crown movie the first rich black man film? I will explain. Thomas crown is supposed to be a rich guy who commits crimes. started by steve mcqueen, continued by pierce brosnan, but Jordan playing him is a quiet message in my view to black wealth. I can tell you black people have always had a rich minority but that minority has always been so small it hasnt been as visible, but in modernity i argue it is larger than in the past five hundred years so to speak or definitely the last two hundred and this film, i assume may speak to that reality in the black community in the usa and beyond. what say you?
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