Like other small towns in the US south, Clarksdale has faced struggles. The town, home to 14,000 people, lost its only movie theatre in 2003. That meant that residents couldn't even watch Sinners in their hometown - until now. After a local appeal, Mr Coogler agreed to bring the film to town for six free showings this past week.
He continued: "Sometimes when you're feeling a bit isolated, feel like there's no one else like you around, seeing someone like that who's championing you to the ends of the earth, reminds you that those people are out there in real life."That was important to me and I think that's important to a whole generation of fans."
Scott's experience is not unlike that of the Doctor Who boss himself, Russell T Davies, who hasas he hid his sexuality and often felt he was different to his peers."Doctor Who was kind of sexless... he's with a beautiful woman all the time and never looks at her sexually. And that's an interesting little chime with a young, gay boy," he said.
Swansea-born comedian Steffan Alun, who coincidentally grew up on the same street as Davies, also found himself represented within the show, despite feeling "stressed" initially ."When you see someone like you on telly... you're worried that they're going to do something that makes people see you in a different light," he said.
"As a queer man myself, for me Russell T Davies was Queer As Folk, and it's wild and sexy. And the Doctor isn't really like that, Doctor Who is cosy.
"He did make it wilder, but it was brilliant and I shouldn't have doubted him because he understands television, he's one of our great writers."He added: "Bruce didn't have a choice really, I think he went to shake my hand or ruffle my hair or something, but mum went, 'there you go, you're Bruce's now'."
The next thing, the nine-year-old was on stage in front of a huge crowd singing along to Hungry Heart with the star he had been listening to since he was a baby.Haydn said he was really nervous, saying: "I remember looking up and seeing like 40,000 people there.
"And I can remember him lifting my hood up, and I remember my ears sticking out of the hood and going, 'right, this is going to be viewed for the rest of your life, sort your hood out, because your ears will be sticking out'."Then when he actually gave me the mic, I remember a big panic, because you can't hear yourself at all either.