How the ‘Sinners’ Costume Designer Helped Wunmi Mosaku Shape the Movie’s Secret MVP

As Sinners sets a course to bring genre into awards season, actress Wunmi Mosaku and Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter, a frequent Ryan Coogler collaborator, discussed amplifying the filmmaker’s vision through aesthetic and decorative choices.

Mosaku’s character, Annie, plays a pivotal role in the fight to vanquish the vampire invasion of her town; she’s determined to protect those she loves, especially her estranged partner Smoke (Michael B. Jordan). Using her Hoodoo…