Black Panther
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Director Ryan Coogler helmed Black Panther (2018), a dazzling spectacle that saw Boseman return to the screen in the role of T’Challa. Perhaps the MCU’s best-reviewed film to date, Black Panther examined race, gender, and power issues through an Afrofuturist lens and featured an ensemble cast that included Michael…
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In addition, Black Panther (2018) became the first Marvel movie to win an Academy Award; it received Oscars for costume design, original score, and production design. By 2020 more than 20 films had been released under the banner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the franchise’s cumulative…
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…the soundtrack for the film Black Panther was released. Lamar produced and curated the album, a collection of songs “from and inspired by” the movie, and he performed on every track. The single “King’s Dead,” which also featured Jay Rock, Future, and James Blake, won a Grammy for best rap…
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- Bassett
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…Marvel Cinematic Universe’s action adventures Black Panther (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). For the latter she won a Golden Globe for best performance by an actress in a supporting role in any motion picture and received her second Oscar nomination.
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In addition, Black Panther made news as the first big-budget movie with an almost all-Black cast, and T’Challa became a highly celebrated icon. Boseman played the character again in Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019) before starring in the police thriller 21 Bridges (2019). In…
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…in the Marvel Comics movie Black Panther, playing Okoye, a martial arts expert and leader of the Dora Milaje, the Black Panther’s guard of women warriors. The blockbuster made news as the first big-budget movie with an almost all-Black cast, and both reviewers and audiences praised the film. The actors…
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…as villain Erik Killmonger in Black Panther (2018), which starred Chadwick Boseman and was directed by Coogler. Also in 2018 he played Guy Montag in a remake of Fahrenheit 451, based on the Ray Bradbury novel, and reprised his role as Creed in Creed II.
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- Kaluuya
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…Ryan Coogler’s blockbuster superhero movie Black Panther. He then gave a moving performance as one of the title characters in the acclaimed fugitive story Queen & Slim (2019). For his riveting portrayal of Chicago Black Panther leader Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), Kaluuya won both an…
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- Nyong’o
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… in the acclaimed superhero movie Black Panther (2018); she reprised the role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). Nyong’o’s movies from 2019 included Jordan Peele’s horror film Us, in which she starred as the mother of a family whose home is invaded by violent doppelgängers, and the zombie comedy Little…
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…he appeared in the movies Black Panther, Sorry to Bother You, and Burden. He then took a starring role in the TV series Godfather of Harlem (2019– ), portraying 1960s crime boss Bumpy Johnson. In 2021 Whitaker was cast as the father of legendary soul singer Aretha Franklin in the…
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