Finding Your Fire
Today marks the first day of Black History Month. Those who genuinely honor this month understand that Black pride, excellence, and contribution do not begin on February 1 nor end on February 28. Still, starting here felt intentional. It felt necessary. Many of you have likely seen the film Sinners . If you have not, you should. Recently, the film returned to the public conversation following the Golden Globe Awards. Sinners earned seven Golden Globe nominations , a significant acknowledgment of its reach and resonance. Of those seven, the film received two awards . One was for Best Original Score , an honor that was not aired during the broadcast. The other was for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement , a category tied largely to revenue and audience turnout rather than artistic evaluation. For many, those outcomes felt unsatisfying. Not because recognition did not occur, but because of how it occurred. The film was present in the conversation, yet absent when the major artistic ca...