CLARKSDALE, Miss. (WJTV) – The film that mixes blues, vampires and the Mississippi Delta into one will be shown in the city that it’s set in.

After a recent campaign to get screenings of “Sinners” in Clarksdale, a celebration will be held in the Delta city this weekend. The city does not have its own movie theater, and the screenings will be held at the Clarksdale Civic Auditorium from May 29-31, 2025.

On Thursday, May 29, “Sinners” director Ryan Coogler will introduce his blockbuster film and take part in a Q&A with special guests.

“Sinners” is Coogler’s first original film. It blends elements of supernatural horror, gangster drama, romance, blues music and action across one eventful day in Clarksdale, Mississippi in, 1932 in which a community opens a juke joint and then has to defend it from a vampire army growing outside.

The setting of the film was also inspired by his family’s ties to a Mississippi of the past. One was his maternal grandfather who originated from Merrill, Mississippi, and moved to Oakland, where the family remains. The other was the man who introduced him to blues music, his Uncle James, who died while Coogler was making “Creed.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.