Even if it didn’t take home the ultimate prize, “Sinners” — and the East Bay — were big winners at the 98th Academy Awards.
Oakland’s Ryan Coogler won his first career Oscar on Sunday, March 15, for best original screenplay award for “Sinners.” The film’s director of photography, Danville-raised Autumn Durald Arkapaw, made history as the first woman to win the best cinematography.
Michael B. Jordan, who first collaborated with Coogler by portraying BART shooting victim Oscar Grant in “Fruitvale Station” (2013), won best actor for playing twins Smoke and Stack in Coogler’s vampire tale set in the Jim Crow South. This was also his first Oscar…