From New York, this is Democracy Now.

This movie affording me the opportunity to go back to my more recent lineage, you know,

a hundred years or so, you know, and go back to, you know, in Mississippi, a state that I

had never been to.

We speak to the celebrated Hollywood director Ryan Coogler about his new film, Sinners, a horror film about two brothers

fighting an evil force in Jim Crow, Mississippi.

I ain't ever seen no demons.

No ghosts.

No ghosts. No magic.

Deal now.

Then to a real story in Memphis, Tennessee, about two brothers fighting Elon Musk, the richest man in the world.

X-A-I, Elon Musk Company, is operating 35 gas turbines in southwest Memphis in the neighborhood

where myself and my entire family lives.

This is horrific news.

So we found an Electrolux factory in Memphis. That's why it's in Memphis, home of Elvis.

How is it good for Memphis if it continues to pollute our air? How is it good for Memphis when the

community is locked down? We'll go to Memphis to speak with brothers Keeshawn Pearson and Tennessee

State Representative Justin Pearson.

All that and more coming up.

Welcome to Democracy Now, Democracy Now.org, the Warren Peace Report. I'm Amy Goodman in Gaza.

Israeli attacks have killed more than 60 people since early Thursday,

bringing the death toll since Israel shattered a ceasefire agreement last month to nearly 2,000.

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