Overview
- Accepting Best Original Screenplay for Sinners at Tuesday’s National Board of Review gala in New York, Coogler devoted his speech to remembering Renee Good.
- He referenced his debut feature Fruitvale Station and said he was naive to think films would end people being executed by civil servants on camera.
- Coogler became visibly emotional, saying his heart was in Minnesota and that he could not be there without thinking about Renee Good.
- Renee Good, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen, was shot and killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis on Jan. 7, according to the reports.
- Awards-season attention has expanded, with stars wearing “Be Good” pins at the Golden Globes and Ariana Grande displaying an “ICE Out” pin.