Tuesday – 14 August 2018
Earlier this year, Marvel released Black Panther to the world. Advance ticket sales for it broke the record for a superhero film – two weeks before the movie opened. It quickly rose to be one of their fastest-earning, top grossing movies.
Just before the movie came out, I was interviewed in The Salt Lake Tribune about what the new film meant to me. I noted:
You can look in the mirror and say, “There is somebody [onscreen] with features like mine, and has had experiences like mine.
Because, representation matters.
If you want to better understand just how much it matters – and to how many people – simply take a look at this article on Wakandacon, a Black Panther-inspired event that took place earlier this month in Chicago: