The women of ‘Black Panther’ are empowered not just in politics and war, but also in love

according to "Black Panther" spoilers ahead. Black Panther" enjoyed a record-setting four-day opening weekend, earning a whopping $235 million at the box office. Even the harshest critics of the film commend "Black Panther" for its gender politics. They are strategic opponents in battle, saving the life of Black Panther T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman) several times over. "Black Panther" contains powerful messages about gender roles based on how Wakandan women navigate life and love.


Oscar-Nominated 'Black Panther' Cinematographer on Shooting a Marvel Movie Like an Indie

What conversations did you have with Ryan Coolger about establishing a signature look for the movie and for Wakanda? I think Ryan really wanted to feel the traditional side almost above anything else. READ: Bringing 'Black Panther' + Wakanda to Life Through Production DesignYou traveled to South Africa to scout locations. With that intimacy in mind, how did you approach the action sequences? I don't think it's a coincidence that Ryan wrote a lot of action sequences that were either hand-to-hand combat or spear-to-spear combat.

Oscar-Nominated 'Black Panther' Cinematographer on Shooting a Marvel Movie Like an Indie




See 'Black Panther' on the Big Screen Tonight for Free

as declared in 0Today is Giving Tuesday, a way to balance out our rapacious consumerism of Black Friday and Cyber Monday with some charity. With that in mind, Marvel Studios in partnership with Film Comment and Art House Convergence will be holding one-night-only free screenings of Black Panther tonight. The event will also feature a post-screening live-streamed Q&A with director Ryan Coogler. Check out the Black Panther Giving Tuesday trailer below, and click here to see if there's a screening tonight near you. Here's the synopsis for Black Panther:




How 'Black Panther' Got Its Gorgeous Afrocentric Hair

In "Black Panther," the audience first gets to know King T'Challa's mother, Ramonda, played by Angela Bassett, when her hair is covered in a series of headdresses, the height and stateliness of which are befitting to a queen mother. After the film's climax, in a moment of both existential and emotional vulnerability, the queen's hair emerges. "That was intentional," said Camille Friend, the head of the "Black Panther" hair department. "In her day-to-day, Ramonda was regal." And Ryan Coogler, the film's director, she said, "really wanted to show a transition. He wanted her to be more regular looking to show that they were going through a hard time."Much of "Black Panther" occurs in the fictional, incomprehensibly wealthy and technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda.

How 'Black Panther' Got Its Gorgeous Afrocentric Hair

Melissa McCarthy: 'Black Panther' Shows the World She Wants to Live in – Variety

Melissa McCarthy brought her family to watch "Black Panther" the second day it opened, and says she was especially excited to see how her 11- and eight-year-old daughters would react to the way women were depicted in the February blockbuster. "How women were portrayed in that movie was so incredibly strong and fierce," McCarthy says. During Variety's Actors on Actors series, she talks about the massive success of "Black Panther" with Lupita Nyong'o, who played Nakia in the Marvel film. Many critics have not only applauded the film for its representation, but also for the way black women were portrayed. "'Black Panther' just crushed it on every level."Watch the full interview below:




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