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On this episode of Represent, Aisha Harris is joined by producer Veralyn WIlliams and chief political correspondent Jamelle Bouie for a spoiler-filled review of Black Panther. They discuss the politics of Wakanda vs. black America, what makes the movie’s fight scenes so compelling, and much more.
Check out:
- Jamelle’s review of Black Panther in Slate
- Aisha’s chat with Wesley Snipes about Blade and trying, unsuccessfully, to bring Black Panther to the big screen more than 20 years ago
- Aisha writes about the 1977 film Abar, the First Black Superman in Slate
- Represent’s conversation with Black Panther’s costume designer, Ruth E. Carter
- Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
- The documentary Bound: Africans vs African Americans
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