Omar Benson Miller, the actor who plays the sharecropper in "Sinners," has a family connection to Cornbread in the film. The film, which explores systemic oppression and the appropriation of Black culture, is set in Jim Crow-era Mississippi and is up for a record-breaking 16 awards at the Oscars, including best picture. Miller, who was born in Torrance, California, and raised in Anaheim, his father hails from Mississippi and grew up picking cotton. He credits the film's success to a cultural phenomenon due to its popularity and popularity. Despite starting acting at San Jose State University, Miller won an Actor Award for outstanding ensemble earlier this month.