The Mississippi town behind the box office hit Sinners

Clarksdale, Mississippi, is where some of the biggest legends in Blues music got their start.

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"I was raised in Delta dirt, sunshine and flatland that goes on for miles and miles," she sings, as people nod their heads and stomp their feet to the beat.

Ms Luckett, like many who were raised in the Mississippi Delta, grew up listening to locally-crafted Blues music and singing in her church choir. It's experiences like hers - and places like Red's - that are getting a fresh moment to shine with the box office success of Ryan Coogler's film Sinners.

The genre-defying film has earned more than $300m (£220m) globally, against a $90m (£67m) budget, and attracted the world's attention to a historic small town.

For the those who live there - and especially those who still sing the Blues - the spotlight is welcome, in no small part because of Coogler's careful respect for their history.