{"id":14740,"date":"2025-04-22T20:38:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T20:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemaunited.org\/?p=14740"},"modified":"2025-05-08T16:11:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T16:11:14","slug":"sinners-director-ryan-coogler-touts-importance-of-cinema-in-letter-to-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemaunited.org\/2025\/04\/22\/sinners-director-ryan-coogler-touts-importance-of-cinema-in-letter-to-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Sinners&#8221; Director Ryan Coogler Touts Importance of Cinema In Letter To Fans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following on the massive opening weekend for <em>Sinners<\/em>, director Ryan Coogler penned an open letter to fans thanking them for helping make the movie a success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI had the gift of the opportunity of making a film inspired by my family and my ancestry but it was always a film that we wanted to make for audiences, in theaters,\u201d Coogler writes. \u201cWe always had our minds on you, the audience, and felt a deep responsibility to entertain you, and move you in the way only cinema can. <strong>I believe in cinema. 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