fromThe Atlantic
1 week agoThe Enduring Influence of the Conjure Woman
In Ryan Coogler's 2025 blockbuster, Sinners, Wunmi Mosaku plays a woman named Annie, who makes a living by supplying her neighbors in Clarksdale, Mississippi, with homemade medicinal cures. She has spent years studying the Bible, the human body, and the supernatural. And she is the only character who understands the trouble brewing outside the juke joint where the town's Black residents have gathered one evening for a night of music and dancing.
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