The Black Panther phenomenon

"Black Panther" is the newest (and most successful) Marvel's Studio 2018 production: huge acclaim at the box office, with an amazing record, 1.344 billion Dollars worldwide (stated back in May 22). Directed by Ryan Coogler, the movie counts an all black cast stars  Chadwick Boseman (also seen in 2016 "Captain America:Civil War") as king T'Challa, Micheal B.Jordan (2015 "Creed") , Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira (remember the Walking Dead?) , Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letita Wright, Winston Duke and Forest Whitaker (2016 "Arrival") between the others. 

The story is set in the African kingdom of Wakanda, an apparent poor and rural nation that shelters one of the most up-graded technologies in the world, thanks to a special material: the vibranium. The vibranium is the engine of the story: it brings former king of Wakanda to the Usa in order to punish some Wakandian rebels involved in the vibranium trading and than, after the king's death, the problem comes back again. Do the Wakandian need to keep secret their special material or do they share it in order to help black oppressed people around the world? This inner battle is portrayed on screen by the black panther and new king T'Challa and his counterpart Zuri, his most powerful contender to the throne.

"Black Panther" is the first Marvel story of a black super hero, and the world needed that desperately. After the 2016 black scandal and the 2017 Oscar winner "Moonlight", after the #MeToo movement and the Netflix /Amazon willing to portray borders realities, "Black Panther" proposes itself as the reference for all black people who need to be "told" on screen. Africa does not mean only poverty and unknown, impenetrable forest or rural areas, but also great advantage in technology and ... pride. 

Pride as the amazing skills of the cast, who act, fight and share feelings in a ... super-powerful way? Intense, entertaining, funny, surprising... Black Panther is all this. 

Has anyone thought  the super-heroes world is a white - exclusive ? Nobody has, and from now on, neither the cinema industry.  

Micol Sartori