We are joined this week by author, screen writer, and friend of the show, Briana Cox to talk about Ryan Coogler's endeavors under the banner of the Marvel Cinematic universe: Black Panther 1 and 2. Both movies feature Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Letitia Wright, Martin Freeman, among many others. Looking back we discuss the impact the first film had on the culture, our love/hate relationship with the first film and the failures of the second, how both movies sugar coat the CIA's history of violating the sovereignty of African nations, and one of the most important thing the movies did was open mainstream audiences to the beauty of Afrofuturism.

To check out some of the works mentioned during the episode, follow these links:

1. Born in Flames
2. Space is the Place
3. Naked Reality
4. Beasts of the Southern Wild
5. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
6. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
7. Into the Mother Lands: An Afrofuturist TTRPG

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