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“Black Panther” Essays

"Black Panther" Essays, Interviews, Juneteenth, personal essay

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Look Back: Cinema Femme Voices: “Black Panther”

by Rebecca Martin

November 8, 2022

With the release of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” coming this Friday (11/11/22) we bring back snippets of our January 2019 Black Panther issue and our interview with Oscar-Winning Production Designer

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"Black Panther" Essays, personal essay

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A Look Back: The Women of Wakanda

by Marjorie H. Morgan

July 26, 2022

The message of “Black Panther” is that the potential and influence of women must not be ignored or discounted. From the strategic actions of Nakia as an undercover spy and
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"Black Panther" Essays

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Body, Heart, Soul

by Amy Wasney

January 22, 2019

General Okoye, Spy Nakia, Princess Shuri. The film might be “Black Panther” (2018), but without these women, there would be no T’Challa, no Black Panther, no Wakanda, no Earth. While
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"Black Panther" Essays

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Third world as we do not know it: why we need more Black Panthers that defy white patriarchy

by Jaylan Salah

January 19, 2019

Watching “Black Panther” has given me a similar experience, being from a country that most privileged nations deem “third world,” “regressed,” and “developing.” I belong to the same continent, if
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"Black Panther" Essays

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Cinema Femme New Year Issue — Editor’s Letter

by Rebecca Martin

December 23, 2018

Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther” (2018) was chosen for our New Year issue because of the hope this film brought for onscreen representation, and because it’s proof that diverse, strong female
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