GO SEE THIS Movie!
If you are a human being interested in the accurate history of the United States of America (or should I say the States of AmeriKKKa, UNTIED), please head out this weekend** to see “Sinners”:
https://youtu.be/bKGxHflevuk?si=a3wUekWcE1x0I8tb
If you happen to be a more minimally melanated human descended from Europeans, go see the movie with a buddy. There are going to be several aspects of unraveling from your whiteness that will be available to you after you have experienced this movie; and I imagine you will want to be talking to someone.
DON'T TRY TO TALK WITH A BLACK PERSON DESCENDENT FROM ENSLAVED PEOPLE UNLESS THEY'RE SOMEBODY WHO HAS COME TO YOUR HOME/ SHARED A MEAL WITH YOU (that’s my own personal litmus test for white folks to know whether you really “have Black friends” or not)
If you are a person from any other aspect of the global majority (black, brown, yellow or red), you will have so much healing educational material to work with on several levels! And the one scene that everyone is talking about, will definitely make your heart happy.
Yes, this is a vampire movie. Believe it or not that is almost incidental to this particular plot. If you get squeamish about blood and guts, take a buddy who's already seen the film and can give you a warning when the gruesome parts are about to happen. If you really can't handle yucky stuff, the movie is now available to stream from your private viewing in your own living room…
But if there was ever a movie made for the big screen, to be seen in an audience with other humans, ON THE BIGGEST SCREEN AVAILABLE, it's this one.
“Sinners” was predicted by the New York Times and Variety to be a flop. Some Black folks are seeing this movie four and five times.
Spread the word.
Move quickly now; in these days of rising fascism/ruptured DEI policies/ and white supremacy, this movie is a dose of very good medicine.
Irish vampires included!
**Remember that movie houses turn over movie choices each week; usually on Fridays. In my community of Central Vermont, it was particularly satisfying to watch two movie houses scramble to get the rights to show this film once it was a box office hit… but since the movie has become available via live stream this week, go sooner rather than later. It may not be available in white communities beyond today (Thursday, June 5 2025).