Marvel Studios’ BLACK PANTHER is a film that kicked-off what’s been a truly incredible year for the superhero genre, and perhaps the year that we start looking beyond these movies as just “superhero” films, and perhaps something greater. Ryan Coogler’s epic has already nabbed three Gold Globe Awards nominations, a dozen for the Critic’s Choice and six GRAMMY nods. Will Oscar be next? Magic 8 Ball at Rock Father™ HQ says “likely.” Now Marvel Entertainment is looking ahead in celebration with the release of a new “Welcome to Wakanda” featurette. See it below and mark my words… Black Panther is just getting started!
Black Panther is director Ryan Coogler’s take on a modern African hero and a utopian vision of what an uncolonized Africa might look like. The film explores the conflict between two powerful men, one African and one African-American, who are mirror images of each other, each grappling with his own history, home, and very identity. When Prince T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) becomes king of the hidden, technologically advanced kingdom Wakanda, he is forced to defend his throne against rogue mercenary Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan). Wakanda is also alive with strong, intelligent women-from Wakanda’s elite all-female security force, led by Okoye (Danai Gurira), to the international spy Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o), to T’Challa’s tech-savvy sister (Letitia Wright) and mother (Angela Bassett)-who are portrayed as equals to the men they protect and advise.
