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I Went to See Black Panther 3x and This Is What I Thought

belle February 19, 2018

Danai calls to tell the men there is a problem.

I love the portrayal of black women in this film. Like they are the brains of the operation and the protectors of the realm. You got Danai and the Dora Mijale. The High Council got lady elders. Lupita is out there saving the world and women. Little Sis is fueling the technology.

Wakanda is the most advanced nation on earth for many reasons. There's the virbranium, of course. And they've never been colonized so  their best resources, including people, weren't stolen and they don't  get the inferiority complex that comes with being subjugated, but on top of all of that, they are winning because the entire population is allowed to operate at their full potential. You create a society where half of the population are given agency, allowed equal seats at the table, and encouraged to thrive and you end up with a really dope place, you end up with Paradise. 

Someone get Dap Dunlap on the bullhorn and tell him to wake the people up.

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Tags Black Panther, Wakanda Forever, Ryan Coogler, Michael B. Jordan, Chadwick Boseman, Lupita N'yongo, Danai Gurira, Marvel Comics, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Winston Duke, Sterling K. Brown

AM I THE ONLY ONE TIRED OF ALL THESE SLAVE/SERVITUDE FILMS?

demetria lucas November 1, 2013

I orginally submitted an essay about my issue with slave/servitude movies on Sept. 25, weeks before "12 Years As A Slave" had its limited release in theatres and before I had seen the film.   Since then, I have seen it, (and wrote a review for The Root.) In short,  my thoughts on "12 Years As A Slave" after viewing it were:   As good as 12 Years is, it is also the most awful experience I have ever had in a theater. At that same 20-minute mark where I acknowledged I should have waited to see it, I also wanted to walk out.

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In FILM Tags 12 Years A Slave, Solomon Northup, Lupita N'yongo

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