Raphael Saadiq Counts ‘Sinners’ Director Ryan Coogler Among the ‘Visionaries’ Inspiring His Best Work

Raphael Saadiq Counts ‘Sinners’ Director Ryan Coogler Among the ‘Visionaries’ Inspiring His Best Work

“Cinematography does it all for me,” Grammy-winning musician Raphael Saadiq told IndieWire over Zoom. The R&B icon, who has seen decades of success as a solo artist, as a member of the groups Tony! Toni! Toné! and Lucy Pearl, and as a writer/producer for everyone from Erykah Badu and Earth, Wind & Fire, to Alicia Keys, John Legend, and a few key names he’ll get into later, has been explaining the way films have inspired a few of his biggest hits…