More than 30 days after its release on Feb. 16, Marvel’s Black Panther broke a box office records of earning $1 billion dollars and triumphantly became the top-grossing superhero film of all time in the United States, snatching the title from The Avengers. An incredible feat for the Marvel’s first predominantly black cast that has shattered the narrow-minded idea that black people don’t have international appeal to the masses.
Show them, they did.
Black Panther was compelling in the layers of the story whether addressing the communication and cultural gap between Africans and African Americans or T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) inheriting the mantle of king of the African nation of Wakanda and Black Panther after the death of his father T’Chaka. Director Ryan Coogler (Creed, Fruitvale Station) was intentional in magnifying the beauty and resilience of black women that radiated. Their strength, individuality, intelligence, and feminine power coexisting with T’Challa as they served as his protective village.
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I was in awe like a little girl watching my sisters on the big screen in their raw natural beauty like the cocoa brown queens they were with their energy complimenting the Black Panther instead of simply being ornamental. It made me realize that we’re truly deserving of seeing ourselves elevated and how these images have already transcended in how creative people of color have translated it into their art and stories.
Most importantly, Black Panther will impact how black youth view themselves as superhero action films have been dominated by white men for decades. For me, the women in these films broaden the treasure women are to our culture: bold, endearing, sacrificing, unyielding in their loyalty. Read More Here
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