Sinners: Sounds That Summon

Sound forms creative worlds in this exhibition centered on the film Sinners' Club Juke sequence, exploring how Black music carries memory and spirit across generations. About Sound has the power to form creative worlds that manifest joy, protection, belonging, and freedom. Sinners: Sounds That Summon revisits the fan-favorite Club Juke sequence in Ryan Coogler and Proximity Media's 2025 film, Sinners, from Warner Bros. Pictures, in which music acts as a portal through time, from traditional African ritual to present-day street dance. Centered around the guitar used by protagonist Sammie "Preacher Boy" Moore, the exhibition brings together costumes, objects, and archival material from the film to consider how Black music carries memory, movement, style, and spirit across generations. Sinners: Sounds That Summon is co-organized by the California African American Museum and Warner Bros. Archives and curated by Imani Y. Haynes, independent curator. Read more Toggle Mixed media Installation Performance / Live Art