When Ryan Coogler called on his go-to production designer, Hannah Beachler, to work on “Sinners,” she ended up building a deeply researched, meticulously crafted the world, filled with cultural references and Easter eggs. But the film is more than a great vampire movie; it spoke to folklore, spirituality, history and culture.

Beachler is set to receive Variety ’s Creative Impact in Production Design award at SCAD Savannah Film Festival on Oct. 28.

The vampire thriller is set in the Jim Crow-era Mississippi Delta. Michael B. Jordan plays dual roles as twins Smoke and Stack, who, after a run-in with the Chicago mob, return home. They rally the community to help with their new business venture, a juke joint. But when the sun sets and opening night kicks off, vampires show up and cause ha

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