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Aftermath Records How a Black Panther Music Video Taps Into an Old Trend
The short film for the song “All the Stars” embraces African imagery in a way not widely seen in hip hop or R&B since the ’80s and ’90s.
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Shahar Azran / Apollo Theater What Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong'o Learned About Wakanda
The Black Panther stars discuss their relationship to their characters and the fictional nation they fight for
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Marvel The Tragedy of Erik Killmonger
The revolutionary ideals of Black Panther’s profound and complex villain have been twisted into a desire for hegemony.
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Disney / Marvel The Game-Changing Success of Black Panther
Marvel has hit big with a movie that leads with the artistry of its storytelling and the diversity of its characterization. Hollywood would do well to take notice.
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Disney The Song of Killmonger
The ideological conflict in Black Panther animates not only Kendrick Lamar’s soundtrack for the movie, but also the artist’s whole ethos.
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Marvel Black Panther Is More Than a Superhero Movie
The director Ryan Coogler's addition to the Marvel pantheon is a superb genre film—and quite a bit more.
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Marvel Why Fashion Is Key to Understanding the World of Black Panther
The Oscar-nominated costume designer Ruth Carter on how she created the style of the film’s fictional African nation of Wakanda
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Marvel Studios The Provocation and Power of Black Panther
The biggest success of the new Marvel film isn’t representation, but its contemplation of identity, responsibility, and the future of a diaspora in an interconnected world.
