Film/TV

Black Panther

2018

Associated Ideas, People, and Places

Comment

Black Panther and the Black Panthers

Much is at stake in understanding the history and relationship between black superheroes and black revolutionaries.

by Amy Ongiri via Los Angeles Review of Books on June 23, 2018
Film Review

Black Atlantis

Why do white people love Black Panther, just as they love Star Wars?

by Asad Haider via Viewpoint Magazine on March 5, 2018
Film Review

What Would W. E. B. Du Bois Make of 'Black Panther'?

Considering Du Bois' complex ideas on the role of black artists in the struggle against white supremacy.

by Clint Smith via The Paris Review on March 1, 2018
Film Review

The Many Dimensions of "Black Panther"

The blockbuster refuses to flatten its characters into simple heroes or villains — and that's exactly what makes it so refreshing.

by Melvin L. Rogers via Dissent on February 27, 2018
Film Review

'Black Panther' and the Invention of 'Africa'

The film's hero and antagonist represent dueling responses to five centuries of African exploitation at the hands of the West.

by Jelani Cobb via The New Yorker on February 18, 2018
Film Review

How 'Black Panther' Taps Into 500 Years of History

The film draws on centuries of black dreams of independence to create Wakanda.

by N. D. B. Connolly via The Hollywood Reporter on February 16, 2018

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Female costars in "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" next to a picture of Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins.

The Pioneering Black Sci-Fi Writer Behind the Original Wakanda

Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins invented the setting that eventually became Wakanda in her science fiction, but her name isn't widely known.

by Alison Lanier via Ms. Magazine on November 23, 2022

Artistic photo for black history

The Trouble With Uplift

A curiously inflexible brand of race-first neoliberalism has taken root in American political discourse.

by Adolph Reed Jr. via The Baffler on September 4, 2018

Uranium-rich ore sample from the Shinkolobwe Mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Searching for Wakanda

The African roots of the Black Panther story.

by Thomas F. McDow via Origins on February 15, 2018

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