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‘Sinners’ Production Designer on Researching Hoodoo and the Era’s Chinese Shopkeepers, and Planting a Tribute to Chadwick Boseman in the Background
'Sinners' production designer, Oscar winner Hannah Beachler, dives into all the details of Ryan Coogler's vampire thriller.
They say the devil’s in the details, and with “ Sinners,” Oscar-winning production designer Hannah Beachler paid special attention to every cloud of dust that rolled onto the set. Amid all that, she placed easter eggs that honored her past work, namely “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” and the history and legacy of African folklore, and of course, the blues. Here, she breaks down the film’s key sets as they recreated Downtown Clarksdale, Miss., the local church, Annie’s home and Smoke and Stack’s juke joint, and why they were important to her.
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