Jelani Cobb

I've been interested in talking to Ryan Coogler for years because I thought he had a really kind of nuanced and subtle way of seeing the world and certainly of seeing people.

I've been interested in talking to Ryan Coogler for years because I thought he had a really kind of nuanced and subtle way of seeing the world and certainly of seeing people.

I've been interested in talking to Ryan Coogler for years because I thought he had a really kind of nuanced and subtle way of seeing the world and certainly of seeing people.

On the other side of Black Panther, which was this gigantic movie and, you know, made him the largest grossing black filmmaker of all time. And I believe the youngest filmmaker to ever gross a billion dollars for a film. There was this kind of big picture of him. And I didn't know if all the kind of details of who he actually was as an artist had been filled in.

On the other side of Black Panther, which was this gigantic movie and, you know, made him the largest grossing black filmmaker of all time. And I believe the youngest filmmaker to ever gross a billion dollars for a film. There was this kind of big picture of him. And I didn't know if all the kind of details of who he actually was as an artist had been filled in.

On the other side of Black Panther, which was this gigantic movie and, you know, made him the largest grossing black filmmaker of all time. And I believe the youngest filmmaker to ever gross a billion dollars for a film. There was this kind of big picture of him. And I didn't know if all the kind of details of who he actually was as an artist had been filled in.

And so I thought it would be interesting to write about him and kind of fill out the silhouette a little bit.

And so I thought it would be interesting to write about him and kind of fill out the silhouette a little bit.

And so I thought it would be interesting to write about him and kind of fill out the silhouette a little bit.

It's always good to see you, bro. Good to see you as well. So I want to talk a little bit about how you approach a film that is simultaneously about... It's about music. It's about the relationship between fathers and sons. It's set in the Jim Crow South in the 1930s in Mississippi, so there's an element of race.

It's always good to see you, bro. Good to see you as well. So I want to talk a little bit about how you approach a film that is simultaneously about... It's about music. It's about the relationship between fathers and sons. It's set in the Jim Crow South in the 1930s in Mississippi, so there's an element of race.

It's always good to see you, bro. Good to see you as well. So I want to talk a little bit about how you approach a film that is simultaneously about... It's about music. It's about the relationship between fathers and sons. It's set in the Jim Crow South in the 1930s in Mississippi, so there's an element of race.

So, you know, of those themes, you know, how did the vampire element, you know, become part of that story?

So, you know, of those themes, you know, how did the vampire element, you know, become part of that story?

So, you know, of those themes, you know, how did the vampire element, you know, become part of that story?

Can I say, I'm interested in this idea of this kind of film representing a culmination, you know, that you've been working. Yes, sir. You know, kind of really well-received independent film, Fruitvale, and then three franchise films that have been well-received artistically and commercially.

Can I say, I'm interested in this idea of this kind of film representing a culmination, you know, that you've been working. Yes, sir. You know, kind of really well-received independent film, Fruitvale, and then three franchise films that have been well-received artistically and commercially.

Can I say, I'm interested in this idea of this kind of film representing a culmination, you know, that you've been working. Yes, sir. You know, kind of really well-received independent film, Fruitvale, and then three franchise films that have been well-received artistically and commercially.

And then being able to spread your wings and do this project, which also made me think about another theme that's so prominent, which is the theme of I would say Christianity, but it's actually more kind of broadly spirituality since there are lots of different kinds of spiritual practices and beliefs that people, you know, foreground in the film. And I hadn't seen that in your previous work.

And then being able to spread your wings and do this project, which also made me think about another theme that's so prominent, which is the theme of I would say Christianity, but it's actually more kind of broadly spirituality since there are lots of different kinds of spiritual practices and beliefs that people, you know, foreground in the film. And I hadn't seen that in your previous work.