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Sinners cinematographer on bugs, blood splatters and Hollywood’s ‘boys’ club’ | Ents & Arts News

Sinners cinematographer on bugs, blood splatters and Hollywood’s ‘boys’ club’ | Ents & Arts News

If you are a film fan, Autumn Durald Arkapaw is a name to remember this award season. Ahead of this year’s BAFTAs and Oscars, the cinematographer has already made history for her stand-out work on Ryan Coogler’s vampire horror film. She is the first woman of colour ever to be nominated for cinematography in the history of both awards, as well as being one of just a handful of women ever to have been nominated. Her work on Sinners, filming in the stifling heat of the deep south, certainly meant she earned her place in this year’s competition. Image: Michael B Jordan as Smoke and as Stack in Sinners. Pic: Warner Bros Image: Lola Kirke as Joan, Jack O’Connell as Remmick and Peter Dreimanis as Bert. Pic: Warner Bros “There was the humidity, the bugs,” she laughs. “I started wearing like the mesh over my head, but then they would get inside the mesh, and all over my face.” Speaking to Sky News, she explained part of the job is “to put the camera in the best spot so it …