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Rapper Mistah Fab has invited acclaimed screenwriter and director Ryan Coogler to participate in his upcoming "Thug Therapy" session on June 18, just ahead of Juneteenth. The event will be held from 6 ...
The acclaimed writer-director and ‘Sinners’ choreographer Aakomon Jones looked beyond vampires and the blues to make the most ...
Ryan Coogler, Oakland’s own and director of hit movies like “Sinners”, “Black Panther” and “Fruitvale Station”, is coming back to his home ...
Coogler said he always had allusions to hip-hop in his script, from the very first draft. Jones says he still remembers the first conversation he and Ryan had about the scene, as the director ...
Ryan Coogler celebrates his 39th birthday, and what a journey it’s been from his humble beginnings in Oakland to reshaping the entire landscape of modern cinema. If you’ve ever watched Black ...
have really cast a spell on famed filmmaker Ryan Coogler. Luckily ... While he hails from Oakland, Calif., his ancestral roots run deep in the Magnolia State. Coogler told the crowd about his ...
RYAN COOGLER: Yeah, yeah ... You know, I grew up in Oakland. And one of the most important people in my life was my uncle, James Edmonson, who was a Mississippi man who married my grandmother ...
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram (of “Sinners” fame) and Walter Trout headline the 42 San Jose Fountain Blues & Brews Festival.