B. Brian Foster, Ph.D.

I'm not finna do all that.

[B. Brian Foster, Ph.D. @BBrianFoster]

@thekimshadey Zora Neale Hurston, and it makes so much sense that SHE would be the one to leave us with that timeless wisdom

[Aallyah Wright @aallyahpatrice]

Y’all.

I had to repost this from @KailSovl

[Sun Ra @KailSovl]

This was more than a screening for #sinners this was an invitation back home, to reconnect with our roots. The Mississippi Delta is the birthplace of black liberation, the birthplace of the blues. Thank you @proximitymedia @aallyahpatrice @tyler_yarbs

📸 by Justin hardiman

[Aallyah Wright @aallyahpatrice]

Sinners may have brought Clarksdale into the national spotlight, attracting thousands of visitors to the small city last weekend.

One thing about my folks back home is that they have always been proactive in creating the change they wish to see.

NEW: https://t.co/i8gkp13x38

[American Journalism Project @JournalismProj]

In Clarksdale, MS — where there’s no active movie theater — reporting by AJP-supported @capitalbnews helped bring "Sinners" home. On May 29, Ryan Coogler, the cast & crew attended a screening, and @aallyahpatrice moderated a panel after. https://t.co/wynumVnRzx

[Aallyah Wright @aallyahpatrice]

For the people in the back 🗣️🗣️

I’m a JOURNALIST from MISSISSIPPI asking a question for local folk in Mississippi who wanted to know the answer. Everyone isn’t in the film industry or privy to how this stuff works.

[Aallyah Wright @aallyahpatrice]

“When I wrote that story it just picked up momentum and got to the people it needed to get to. It allowed Clarksdale and its beauty and its magic to be plastered on a national stage.”

Thank you @MSFreePress for interviewing me & amplifying Clarksdale!

https://t.co/KHBtuZicwJ

[Aallyah Wright @aallyahpatrice]

Who knew that my initial tweet about the open letter started by Tyler Yarbrough—followed by a story I wrote that quickly went viral—would become the catalyst for screenings of Sinners in my hometown, Clarksdale, on May 29-31.

https://t.co/apKUgUywFJ

[Tim Ferriss @tferriss]

“The hardest thing to teach a student—and the hardest thing to believe consistently—is that there is nothing ‘out there’ to go and get. There is no part, no career, no opportunity for which you should be searching and scrounging and coveting. All of the preparation is within, and you keep yourself mentally and physically fit; you remain generous with yourself and others; you stay deeply in study about your craft. Whatever is yours will then arrive.”
— ​Marian Seldes

[Aallyah Wright @aallyahpatrice]

In Clarksdale, there's limited transportation and no movie theater. The town inspired Sinners, but many can't travel to see it in theaters.

They created a petition to invite Ryan Coogler & team to host a public screening and experience the Delta.

NEW: https://t.co/xSxYRvtkeM

[Aallyah Wright @aallyahpatrice]

When I learned Sinners was set in Clarksdale, my hometown, I had to write. The film explores the depth of Black life through juke joint. But, here's the hard truth: these sacred spaces in the rural South are disappearing.

Let's discuss: https://t.co/lJQ3lq5v2u #Sinners

[B. Brian Foster, Ph.D. @BBrianFoster]

Dr. Kim Shadey aite! Imma see Sinners later this week, but I like your read. If I'm understanding the scene from the film, then hell yeah, the trunk (from the film) is the "trunk" (from the blues epistemology), a method of survival rooted in the place.

[Ed Memphis @SayMane901]

Project Pat SMOKED this verse🔥🔥🔥�

[B. Brian Foster, Ph.D. @BBrianFoster]

Excited to read! Congrats, Doc!

[Jarvis C. McInnis @ProfMcInnis]

Thrilled that my book, “Afterlives of the Plantation" will be published @ColumbiaUP in May 2025 & is AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER. It establishes the rural US South & Caribbean as sites of agricultural innovation & cultural/intellectual sophistication. For more, click the link below.

[Kiese Laymon @BaizeShephard]

https://t.co/CngRmuZ4fK