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Coogler, who also directed the film, becomes only the second black writer to win this award, after Jordan Peele

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Ryan Coogler has won the best original screenplay Oscar for Sinners, at the 98th Academy awards now under way in Los Angeles.

Coogler’s victory makes him only the second black writer to win the award, following Jordan Peele, who won in 2018 for Get Out.