The truth is a matter of circumstances; it’s not all things to all people all the time. And neither am I. That’s a tough way to live. It’s a good way not to die, though.
When the time of men came, five tribes settled on it and called it Wakanda. The tribes lived in constant war with each other, until a warrior shaman received a vision from the panther goddess Bast, who led him to the Heart-Shaped Herb, a plant that granted him superhuman strength, speed and instincts. The warrior became king and the first Black Panther, the protector of Wakanda. Four tribes agreed to live under the king’s rule, but the Jabari tribe isolated themselves in the mountains.
There is a reason this is the last scene in which Okoye appears before the credits roll. It speaks volumes about the power black women possess. Seeing anyone, let alone a black man, submit to a black woman on screen in this way is a rarity.
Gurira thinks the message in that scene is vital for everyone, especially women and girls.
“You expect to use your love for me and our love for each other to actually get me to betray my nation, and I would kill you first. I love that,” she said. “I think women don’t often get to portray that sort of nobility and that sort of integrity, especially [choosing that] over their love.” – Danai Gurira on The Scene™
The third of the Vishantis, Agamotto, created three eyes, one of Power, one of Truth and of Prescience. The Eye itself gets its name from Agamotto, a powerful mystic being who used it during his time as Sorcerer Supreme of the Earth dimension. After Dormammu was defeated for the first time, the Eye of Agamotto came into the possession of Doctor Strange. The Eye’s origins are currently unknown, but there are theories of how it came into existence. Some believe that it was discovered by Agamotto among the skies and stars, where it had drifted for ages. Others claim that it was created by Agamotto himself, which makes sense when the Eye’s powers are compared to those of “the All-Seeing.”
Female cinematographers: Rachel Morrison Black Panther (2018) Directed by Ryan Coogler Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1
“If there’s anything consistent about my work it’s not flat. The criticism of Marvel movies whether it’s in the cinematography or in the Digital Intermediate is that sometimes sort of lack contrast and saturation. That certainly isn’t true of my work from the outset, so hopefully the look we’re presenting will hold through to the end. But I think in making something so big, if you take for example an exterior day scene that’s shot over 15, 20 days you’re not gonna have all sunny days so what happens at the end of shooting when it’s half sun and half cloud. The natural tendency is to lean into something in the middle, to kind of flatten out the contrast on the sunny day and maybe try to bump up the contrast on the cloudy day and find somewhere to meet in the middle. That was my biggest concern going in was that we don’t allow that to happen, so we would throw hard light at people on cloudy days just to kind of increase the contrast.” — Rachel Morrison
“Wakanda is strong enough to help others and protect ourselves at the same time.” Bell Hooks argues that Black Women go beyond just resisting sexism and racism. They reinvent themselves through alternative texts that take control of how audiences look at them. It takes the gaze of Black women and contests and interrogates the vision of their embodiment on multiple levels.
Nakia (the external spy of Wakanda)is a character that does just that, not only taking apart the White saviour trope as a Black African woman saving her people but being beyond a romantic partner as someone who can intellectually think about her own pursuits. She is an intellectual who is aware of African’s colonial history and she is able to think about the security of her people, while thinking about Black people and people at large. Her story pursuits are not stagnant and neither is her story in Black Panther (2018) dir. Ryan Coogler
You were wrong – all of you were wrong – to turn your backs on the rest of the world! We let the fear of our discovery stop us from doing what is right. No more! I cannot stay here with you. I cannot rest while he sits on the throne. He is a monster of our own making. I must take the mantle back. I must, I must right these wrongs. —Black Panther (2018)
Diana: Does it bother
either of you that Thor straight up tries to murder Captain America in this
movie?
Ian: When? In the woods?
Diana: Yes! Guys,
this is an attempted murder. Thor is fighting Iron Man who is clearly wearing
armor, but then Cap shows up and literally just says, “Let’s stop fighting” and
Thor, having no idea the shield can stop Mjolnir, brings it down right on his
head! We should have a pile of Cap mush.
Andrew: If that had
been a regular shield Thor would have just murdered a man so hard the body
would be unidentifiable.
Ian: It would be
great to see that and then Thor is just like, “What? No! I thought you were all
super strong!”
Diana: Thor’s been to
Earth, he knows we’re mushy.
Ian: Yeah but he’s
been punching Iron Man for like ten minutes.
Diana: Iron Man is in
metal armor, Cap is in spandex! He can see the difference.
Andrew: If it was a
regular shield Cap would have been turned to powder.
Diana: What a dark
movie that would be, if Thor murdered Cap and then they all still had to work
together.
Andrew: No, just credits.
That’s the death of Captain America
and the end of the movie.
Ian: It’s just Loki up
on that mountain cheering, “Woo, I win! Nice work brother!”
– The Hosts of Talk
From Superheroes on The Avengers and Why Thor Should Be More Careful
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