Film industry (BP)

• Black panther is the 17th film in the marvel cinematic universe
• BP is the highest grossing film in the franchise history
• Who directed black panther?

  Ryan Coogler
• When was Black Panther released?

  February 2018
• Where is Black Panther set?

  Wakanda
• Who is the producers of Black panther?

  Marvel studios
• Marvel studios is a subsidiary of the Walt Disney company
• BP was extremely successful and broke records for the highest opening weekend in the USA and also performed well globally
• Black Panther grossed well over 1 billion dollars world wide, with 48% in non-US countries
• Black Panther was one of the only superhero films to be nominated for a 'best picture' academy award
• Black Panther won three Oscars for Costume, Production design and Original soundtrack
• What were Africans branded by European colonizers?

  Savages and primitive, Africa was also named The dark continent
• What sparked the new black cultural identity in the early 20th century?

  The Harlem Renaissance
• The black panther party (1966-82)

  • Political activist group
  • Armed monitoring of police behavior and prevent police brutality in the US
  • It was very controversial with many panthers being arrested or killed by the police
• What film genres have traditionally been dominated by white male characters?

  Science fiction blockbuster and Superhero genres
• Which black actors played the lead roles in superhero films in the 90s and what films were they?

  Will smith in Independence day and Wesley snipes in Blade
• Black characters in marvel films nearly always featured as the side kicks to the main white actors such as falcon to captain america and war machine to iron man
• Black cinema has traditionally consisted of issues-based social realism films (e.g the films of spike lee) or art house pictures such as moonlight (2016)
• What social media campain drew attention to the lack of diversity in the 2016 oscars?

  #oscarssowhite started by April Reign
• US/European film companies still portray Africa as a dangerous and barbaric place such as in Blood Diamond and Captain Phillips, The Victorian branding of the dark continent has not evolved very far.
• What is afrofuturism?


  A view of back culture, arts, music or technology through a futuristic lens
• Worrying statistics about the amount of unarmed POC's being shot by US police led to the #blacklivesmatter campaign which used social media to raise awareness to an issue often ignored by mainstream media
• Disney used vertical integration in the production of Black Panther as marvel produced it but Disney distributed it.
• Marvel has historically sold individual characters e.g spider man to sony/paramount
• When Disney bought marvel they agreed to have limited creative influence over marvel products