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On this episode of Represent, Aisha Harris talks to Wesley Snipes about his cult superhero movie Blade and trying to bring Black Panther to the big screen more than 20 years ago. Also, Ash Clark, Brooklyn Academy of Music’s senior programmer, joins us to discuss curating the film series Fight the Power: Black Superheroes on Film.
Check out:
- Are you a Black Panther newbie? Watch Slate’s primer before you see the new film.
- Read an excerpt of Aisha’s conversation with Wesley Snipes
- “Why Black America Loves Depictions of Black Royalty, and Why We Need Them Now More Than Ever” in Slate
- “Costume Designer Ruth Carter on Creating the Afro-Futurist Look for Black Panther” on Studio 360
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