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Before and After Sunlight: DP Autumn Durald Arkapaw on “Sinners”
Ryan Coogler and Autumn Durald Arkapaw on the set of Sinners Set in the Jim Crow South of the 1930s, Sinners finds twin brothers Smoke and Stack (both played by Michael B. Jordan), flush with bootlegger cash, returning to their Mississippi hometown to open a juke joint. The venture proves short-lived as an Irish vampire (Jack O’Connell) and his minions crash the party on opening night. Once the fangs come out, Sinners cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw, a horror neophyte, found herself in unfamiliar territory, especially compared to the film’s genre aficionado director Ryan Coogler. “I’m actually not that well-versed in horror,” said Durald Arkapaw. “It was a new genre for me […]
