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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:03,378 --> 00:00:04,838 ANGELA BASSETT: With Black Panther, 2 00:00:04,921 --> 00:00:07,298 we've never seen a world like this, 3 00:00:07,382 --> 00:00:11,302 populated with so many different faces and colors. 4 00:00:12,679 --> 00:00:16,766 Women who look like me in their resplendent glory 5 00:00:16,850 --> 00:00:19,310 were few and far between, 6 00:00:19,394 --> 00:00:22,897 and had never been quite realized or seen before. 7 00:00:23,898 --> 00:00:25,734 I fell in love with this story, 8 00:00:26,443 --> 00:00:29,571 almost as if I'm on the outside looking in. 9 00:00:30,363 --> 00:00:31,364 RAMONDA: Shuri. 10 00:00:31,448 --> 00:00:33,116 BASSETT: As a little girl, 11 00:00:33,199 --> 00:00:35,952 as an audience member, as a woman of color... 12 00:00:36,036 --> 00:00:37,120 (SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY) 13 00:00:37,203 --> 00:00:40,540 ...enamored with cinema and characters 14 00:00:40,623 --> 00:00:43,376 and how they can inspire onscreen. 15 00:00:43,460 --> 00:00:44,711 RAMONDA: It is your time. 16 00:00:44,794 --> 00:00:47,338 BASSETT: And Black Panther is that story 17 00:00:47,422 --> 00:00:51,009 that truly has transported audiences. 18 00:00:51,092 --> 00:00:54,345 -T'CHALLA: Wakanda forever! -PEOPLE: Wakanda forever! 19 00:00:54,429 --> 00:00:56,723 I'm unstoppable 20 00:00:57,140 --> 00:01:00,101 I'm a Porsche with no brakes 21 00:01:00,185 --> 00:01:02,187 I'm invincible 22 00:01:02,687 --> 00:01:05,607 Yeah, I win every single game 23 00:01:05,690 --> 00:01:08,193 I'm so powerful 24 00:01:08,276 --> 00:01:11,154 I don't need batteries to play 25 00:01:11,237 --> 00:01:13,782 I'm so confident 26 00:01:13,865 --> 00:01:17,077 Yeah, I'm unstoppable today 27 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:22,707 Unstoppable today Unstoppable today 28 00:01:22,791 --> 00:01:27,796 Unstoppable today I'm unstoppable today 29 00:01:32,759 --> 00:01:34,511 We are home. 30 00:01:38,139 --> 00:01:41,184 LUPITA NYONG'O: The representation of women in Black Panther... 31 00:01:41,267 --> 00:01:42,268 (PEOPLE CHEERING) 32 00:01:42,352 --> 00:01:45,396 ...is plentiful and varied. 33 00:01:46,272 --> 00:01:50,026 And I think those things are incredibly vital. 34 00:01:50,485 --> 00:01:53,738 We don't see enough of that in cinema. 35 00:01:53,822 --> 00:01:55,573 You are not fit to be a king! 36 00:01:56,074 --> 00:01:57,075 (GRUNTS) 37 00:01:57,158 --> 00:01:58,159 (BOTH GRUNTING) 38 00:01:58,243 --> 00:02:00,829 The idea of being a woman in charge of things... 39 00:02:00,912 --> 00:02:04,874 It's embedded in the very DNA of how this story was built from the beginning... 40 00:02:04,958 --> 00:02:06,501 Don't touch anything. 41 00:02:07,043 --> 00:02:08,878 ...that these women were that powerful. 42 00:02:08,962 --> 00:02:11,464 Take her to the River Province to prepare her for the ceremony. 43 00:02:11,548 --> 00:02:12,549 Yes, General. 44 00:02:13,383 --> 00:02:17,679 NYONG'O: We were very much the backbone of the male superhero. 45 00:02:18,304 --> 00:02:22,851 A very capable group of women who support him in very different ways. 46 00:02:23,643 --> 00:02:25,186 His sister, his mother, 47 00:02:25,270 --> 00:02:27,021 his lover, his general. 48 00:02:28,314 --> 00:02:31,693 Typically, there's not a lot of strong female characters in cinema. 49 00:02:31,776 --> 00:02:35,280 And then, if you then think about Black female characters, boy. 50 00:02:35,363 --> 00:02:36,823 That is a very shallow pool. 51 00:02:36,906 --> 00:02:38,867 (WHISPERING) 52 00:02:38,950 --> 00:02:41,786 MOORE: But heroes get to be whoever we define them to be. 53 00:02:43,079 --> 00:02:44,455 (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) 54 00:02:44,539 --> 00:02:46,040 -(GRUNTING) -(GUNSHOTS) 55 00:02:47,709 --> 00:02:49,127 TRINH TRAN: Black Panther was a very 56 00:02:49,210 --> 00:02:52,088 female-driven, you know, feature, which was amazing. 57 00:02:52,172 --> 00:02:54,174 (PEOPLE GRUNTING) 58 00:02:54,257 --> 00:02:55,592 And we wanted to make sure 59 00:02:55,675 --> 00:02:59,304 that the female superheroes stand next to the men 60 00:02:59,387 --> 00:03:01,431 and they're equally badass. 61 00:03:01,514 --> 00:03:03,141 -(BELLOWS) -(GRUNTS) 62 00:03:03,224 --> 00:03:04,225 (BOTH GRUNT) 63 00:03:04,309 --> 00:03:07,145 HANNAH BEACHLER: This is empowering for so many people 64 00:03:08,021 --> 00:03:09,731 to see on a huge screen 65 00:03:09,814 --> 00:03:13,401 Black women who are really powerful. 66 00:03:13,484 --> 00:03:15,653 (PEOPLE GRUNTING, SHOUTING) 67 00:03:15,737 --> 00:03:19,699 Women are beacons of strength. 68 00:03:19,782 --> 00:03:24,829 When you see yourself represented in all your power, 69 00:03:25,788 --> 00:03:28,791 you're reassured that we're okay in the world. 70 00:03:29,334 --> 00:03:30,627 (MAN YELPS) 71 00:03:30,710 --> 00:03:32,712 GURIRA: Women, Black women, 72 00:03:32,795 --> 00:03:34,797 can be represented in so many different ways. 73 00:03:34,881 --> 00:03:36,674 -Hold tight! -(ENGINE REVS) 74 00:03:36,758 --> 00:03:39,093 We can take on many different roles very powerfully. 75 00:03:47,644 --> 00:03:48,770 MAN: And action! 76 00:03:54,317 --> 00:03:57,237 NYONG'O: It was all of us coming together 77 00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:00,031 to represent powerful women. 78 00:04:00,114 --> 00:04:02,825 For centuries, we have kept our people safe. 79 00:04:03,451 --> 00:04:06,579 And doing it with such ownership and such passion. 80 00:04:06,663 --> 00:04:08,706 -MAN 1: Set. -MAN 2: Action. 81 00:04:08,790 --> 00:04:12,001 BASSETT: We're so excited to work with one another, 82 00:04:12,543 --> 00:04:16,965 and I think it's something about the strength of these women. 83 00:04:18,132 --> 00:04:21,052 FLORENCE KASUMBA: When I go to work, it's my normal 84 00:04:21,135 --> 00:04:23,179 that I have all these female colleagues. 85 00:04:23,263 --> 00:04:26,599 And we learn from each other, we see each other, 86 00:04:26,683 --> 00:04:30,186 and we have the feeling that we are represented. 87 00:04:30,770 --> 00:04:32,855 And together, we are great 88 00:04:32,939 --> 00:04:36,651 because we know what our strengths are, and we support each other. 89 00:04:46,869 --> 00:04:51,124 In Black Panther, there wasn't just one superhero. 90 00:04:52,208 --> 00:04:54,877 The Dora Milaje is a tribe of them. 91 00:04:57,088 --> 00:05:01,134 The Dora Milaje is an all-female guard and warrior unit. 92 00:05:01,217 --> 00:05:03,636 You know, they're kind of like, um, the Secret Service, 93 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:05,054 if you crossed them with Navy SEALs. 94 00:05:05,138 --> 00:05:07,098 -Come on! -(SCREAMING) 95 00:05:07,181 --> 00:05:08,850 TRAN: To have the Dora Milaje 96 00:05:08,933 --> 00:05:12,228 as a representation of the army for Wakanda, 97 00:05:13,146 --> 00:05:16,149 as the protector of the Queen and King, 98 00:05:16,232 --> 00:05:18,401 that says so much. 99 00:05:18,484 --> 00:05:20,737 Regardless of what gender you are, 100 00:05:20,820 --> 00:05:22,071 you can do anything. 101 00:05:22,155 --> 00:05:23,906 (SPEAKING XHOSA) 102 00:05:24,032 --> 00:05:27,035 AUTUMN DURALD ARKAPAW: The Dora, they're just so gorgeous and powerful. 103 00:05:27,744 --> 00:05:29,787 They look amazing on camera 104 00:05:29,871 --> 00:05:32,290 when they're together and when they're all doing their moves. 105 00:05:32,373 --> 00:05:33,791 -(SPEAKING XHOSA) -(GRUNTS) 106 00:05:33,875 --> 00:05:38,338 The idea of stepping into a role like the Dora Milaje, 107 00:05:38,421 --> 00:05:40,965 with these women being the rescuers, 108 00:05:41,466 --> 00:05:44,385 that, of course, was palpably appealing. 109 00:05:46,304 --> 00:05:48,139 NYONG'O: In the comic book, 110 00:05:48,222 --> 00:05:50,683 the role of the Dora Milaje is quite akin 111 00:05:50,767 --> 00:05:54,020 to kind of the motif of pimps and hoes, unfortunately. 112 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:56,022 They're very scantily clothed. 113 00:05:56,105 --> 00:05:57,899 They only speak to their king. 114 00:05:57,982 --> 00:05:59,317 And that was something 115 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:01,778 that Ryan really wanted to get away from, 116 00:06:01,861 --> 00:06:04,489 and give the Dora Milaje agency. 117 00:06:04,947 --> 00:06:07,909 CARTER: They were not in heels, they were not in bathing suit tops, 118 00:06:07,992 --> 00:06:10,953 and some of the comics do present them in that way. 119 00:06:12,038 --> 00:06:13,873 GURIRA: And so, there's an evolution 120 00:06:13,956 --> 00:06:16,667 of how they are in the comic book 121 00:06:16,751 --> 00:06:18,711 and how they've evolved on the screen. 122 00:06:19,712 --> 00:06:21,464 SARAH TRULY BEERS: This is how it should be 123 00:06:21,547 --> 00:06:23,966 when you're in an equal society, 124 00:06:24,050 --> 00:06:26,427 where the women are equal to the men. 125 00:06:26,511 --> 00:06:27,929 (ALL GRUNTING) 126 00:06:28,012 --> 00:06:29,013 (WOMAN SCREAMS) 127 00:06:38,439 --> 00:06:41,442 CARTER: Dora Milaje means "the adorned ones." 128 00:06:42,026 --> 00:06:43,569 Okoye is the general 129 00:06:43,653 --> 00:06:47,740 and she's the only Dora Milaje adorned in gold. 130 00:06:47,824 --> 00:06:49,575 The other Dora wear silver. 131 00:06:50,701 --> 00:06:53,079 And so, Okoye represents 132 00:06:53,162 --> 00:06:55,748 great power and strength of women, 133 00:06:55,832 --> 00:07:00,128 and the dedication to her country, Wakanda. 134 00:07:05,508 --> 00:07:07,510 (SPEAKING XHOSA) 135 00:07:13,141 --> 00:07:16,727 GURIRA: Okoye is comfortable with being a leader in a man's world. 136 00:07:16,811 --> 00:07:19,439 She believes with all her soul 137 00:07:19,522 --> 00:07:21,482 in this nation, Wakanda, 138 00:07:21,566 --> 00:07:24,652 and would very willingly give her life for it. 139 00:07:25,194 --> 00:07:27,280 Wakanda was not colonized. 140 00:07:27,363 --> 00:07:30,658 It was able to nurture itself and, as a result, 141 00:07:30,741 --> 00:07:34,245 became the most technologically advanced nation on the planet. 142 00:07:34,328 --> 00:07:37,373 So that made it very easy to slip into her skin... 143 00:07:37,457 --> 00:07:39,375 Something's entered the atmosphere. 144 00:07:39,459 --> 00:07:43,296 ...because the idea of protecting that really makes sense to me. 145 00:07:43,796 --> 00:07:45,715 I'm very vigilant about making sure, 146 00:07:45,798 --> 00:07:48,384 I guess, that my life is being led by me. 147 00:07:53,890 --> 00:07:56,142 GURIRA: I was born in a tiny town in Iowa 148 00:07:56,225 --> 00:07:58,436 called Grinnell where my dad was a professor. 149 00:07:58,519 --> 00:07:59,937 My parents, they were academics 150 00:08:00,021 --> 00:08:03,733 and they gave me and my siblings all Shona names, 151 00:08:03,816 --> 00:08:06,903 Shona being the language of my nation, Zimbabwe. 152 00:08:08,404 --> 00:08:11,199 Danai means "to love one another," or "to be in love," 153 00:08:11,699 --> 00:08:14,368 based on the fact that I was born on Valentine's Day. 154 00:08:16,454 --> 00:08:17,622 I didn't know about this 155 00:08:17,705 --> 00:08:19,582 until my mom sat me down and told me. 156 00:08:20,583 --> 00:08:22,335 I just knew my name to be Dede 157 00:08:22,418 --> 00:08:24,378 because no one could pronounce Danai properly. 158 00:08:24,462 --> 00:08:25,463 (GROWLS) 159 00:08:25,546 --> 00:08:28,341 And as a kid, you're just looking to fit in as best as possible. 160 00:08:28,424 --> 00:08:29,425 (GROWLS) 161 00:08:29,717 --> 00:08:32,470 When I was around five or six, we moved to Zimbabwe, 162 00:08:32,553 --> 00:08:35,598 very soon after it had just come out from colonial rule, 163 00:08:36,599 --> 00:08:38,559 and moved from being called "Rhodesia," 164 00:08:38,643 --> 00:08:41,312 after a white man called Cecil John Rhodes, 165 00:08:41,395 --> 00:08:44,273 to being called "Zimbabwe," which means "house of stone." 166 00:08:44,357 --> 00:08:46,901 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 167 00:08:46,984 --> 00:08:49,403 I was in schooling systems that were not prone to saying 168 00:08:49,487 --> 00:08:50,988 a lot of Shona names. 169 00:08:52,532 --> 00:08:53,533 (BELL DINGING) 170 00:08:55,993 --> 00:08:57,703 When I was in high school, 171 00:08:58,704 --> 00:09:00,498 I went to a place called the Dominican Convent. 172 00:09:00,581 --> 00:09:04,085 It's an all-girls Catholic school founded by German nuns. 173 00:09:06,879 --> 00:09:10,550 And one day, I just went off on a lot of white girls in the class 174 00:09:11,217 --> 00:09:13,928 about not saying African names right, 175 00:09:14,929 --> 00:09:17,807 and I started to use my own name as an example. 176 00:09:17,890 --> 00:09:19,559 (GROWLS) 177 00:09:19,642 --> 00:09:23,354 And rage of the fact that my name was not spoken properly, 178 00:09:23,437 --> 00:09:25,064 even in my own country, 179 00:09:25,606 --> 00:09:26,899 became real. 180 00:09:28,985 --> 00:09:30,653 And I think that really solidified for me 181 00:09:30,736 --> 00:09:34,740 that Danai is the name I needed to be called by. 182 00:09:36,617 --> 00:09:38,202 It's a defining moment. 183 00:09:39,745 --> 00:09:43,708 I am loyal to that throne, no matter who sits upon it! 184 00:09:44,584 --> 00:09:46,168 What are you loyal to? 185 00:09:47,211 --> 00:09:51,007 NYONG'O: Okoye is steeped in her loyalty to the throne. 186 00:09:51,090 --> 00:09:53,801 She is, like, made of that stuff. 187 00:09:53,884 --> 00:09:56,887 (STUTTERS) All her DNA is about that job. 188 00:09:58,514 --> 00:10:00,182 She's a nationalist. 189 00:10:00,266 --> 00:10:03,561 She believes in the borders of Wakanda, 190 00:10:03,644 --> 00:10:05,771 in them being independent of the world. 191 00:10:06,689 --> 00:10:09,817 And Nakia challenges that ideal. 192 00:10:09,900 --> 00:10:12,820 OKOYE: This man is a foreign intelligence operative. 193 00:10:12,903 --> 00:10:15,489 How do we justify bringing him into our borders? 194 00:10:15,573 --> 00:10:16,866 He took a bullet for me. 195 00:10:16,949 --> 00:10:18,743 That was his choice. 196 00:10:18,826 --> 00:10:23,039 But what I love about the relationship between Nakia and Okoye 197 00:10:23,122 --> 00:10:25,249 is that the respect is always felt. 198 00:10:26,375 --> 00:10:28,044 These women respect each other 199 00:10:28,127 --> 00:10:31,631 for being very good at their approach, 200 00:10:31,714 --> 00:10:33,090 and their goal is the same, 201 00:10:33,174 --> 00:10:36,344 which is to protect and prosper their nation and their people. 202 00:10:37,053 --> 00:10:41,557 I am a spy with no army. 203 00:10:47,730 --> 00:10:50,191 Help me overthrow him. 204 00:10:51,484 --> 00:10:54,236 KASUMBA: Nakia is a very free spirit, 205 00:10:55,279 --> 00:10:57,531 doesn't always go by the book. 206 00:10:57,615 --> 00:10:59,158 (CHUCKLES) 207 00:10:59,241 --> 00:11:01,619 She is skilled like the Doras, 208 00:11:01,702 --> 00:11:03,120 but she has something which is great, 209 00:11:03,204 --> 00:11:05,081 because she says, "I want to help everyone." 210 00:11:05,539 --> 00:11:06,916 -NAKIA: T'Challa, no! -(GRUNTS) 211 00:11:07,458 --> 00:11:08,793 This one's just a boy. 212 00:11:09,752 --> 00:11:11,587 MOORE: We meet Nakia in action. 213 00:11:12,088 --> 00:11:14,674 Immediately, you're drawn to her, her physicality, 214 00:11:15,257 --> 00:11:17,885 but it's also the compassion in her eyes. 215 00:11:18,844 --> 00:11:20,846 Traditionally, spies are untrustworthy, 216 00:11:20,930 --> 00:11:22,848 people who look out for their own self-interest, 217 00:11:22,932 --> 00:11:24,850 but she is incredibly altruistic. 218 00:11:24,934 --> 00:11:26,227 Thank you. 219 00:11:26,310 --> 00:11:27,311 Yes. 220 00:11:27,395 --> 00:11:29,980 MOORE: And in some ways, she is the conscience of Wakanda. 221 00:11:31,607 --> 00:11:34,151 I've seen too many in need just to turn a blind eye. 222 00:11:34,235 --> 00:11:35,861 I can't be happy here 223 00:11:35,945 --> 00:11:38,406 knowing that there's people out there who have nothing. 224 00:11:39,740 --> 00:11:43,661 Nakia is very much a part of innovation, 225 00:11:43,744 --> 00:11:45,204 a part of how do we change, 226 00:11:45,287 --> 00:11:47,456 how do we modernize, how do we move forward, 227 00:11:47,540 --> 00:11:50,084 how do we break rules that need to be broken? 228 00:11:50,167 --> 00:11:51,502 We could provide aid 229 00:11:51,585 --> 00:11:54,338 and access to technology and refuge to those who need it. 230 00:11:54,422 --> 00:11:56,549 Other countries do it. We could do it better. 231 00:11:58,884 --> 00:12:01,137 NYONG'O: Nakia is very passionate, 232 00:12:01,220 --> 00:12:04,390 fiery, empathetic, the lone wolf. 233 00:12:05,099 --> 00:12:07,017 She goes on her own path. 234 00:12:07,643 --> 00:12:10,312 She challenges the status-quo, 235 00:12:10,396 --> 00:12:13,107 and I love that about her, and I definitely share that. 236 00:12:18,821 --> 00:12:21,449 The child version of Lupita 237 00:12:21,532 --> 00:12:23,951 was very imaginative. 238 00:12:27,204 --> 00:12:28,873 Growing up in Kenya, 239 00:12:28,956 --> 00:12:31,625 I played a lot on my own. 240 00:12:32,334 --> 00:12:33,794 I liked to climb trees 241 00:12:33,878 --> 00:12:37,131 and I spent a lot of time making up worlds. 242 00:12:38,257 --> 00:12:39,592 And I realized 243 00:12:39,675 --> 00:12:43,095 I just enjoyed the worlds I made up more than the real world. 244 00:12:45,514 --> 00:12:46,974 I remember when I was in high school, 245 00:12:47,057 --> 00:12:49,185 there was a rule that we weren't allowed 246 00:12:49,268 --> 00:12:51,437 to dye our hair blond or red. 247 00:12:52,188 --> 00:12:53,647 So I dyed it blue. 248 00:12:53,731 --> 00:12:56,442 (LAUGHING) 249 00:12:57,902 --> 00:13:01,489 So I identify with that spirit in Nakia, 250 00:13:02,406 --> 00:13:03,449 the one who asks, 251 00:13:03,532 --> 00:13:06,035 "Okay, why are things the way they are?" 252 00:13:09,830 --> 00:13:11,540 When I was introduced to Wakanda, 253 00:13:11,624 --> 00:13:13,626 I felt immediately protective of it. 254 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:19,548 Because it's made of dreams. 255 00:13:25,095 --> 00:13:29,058 Because Wakanda is the only African nation 256 00:13:29,141 --> 00:13:31,811 that has never had 257 00:13:31,894 --> 00:13:34,313 the imposition of colonialism. 258 00:13:36,899 --> 00:13:39,276 It has been able to self-actualize. 259 00:13:41,153 --> 00:13:44,156 For me, what we've imbued in it 260 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:46,492 is a nostalgia that never was. 261 00:13:47,952 --> 00:13:52,081 And you see a country that is very forward-thinking, 262 00:13:53,582 --> 00:13:57,086 but one that is also very embracing of tradition. 263 00:13:58,921 --> 00:14:01,257 And growing up as an African, 264 00:14:01,340 --> 00:14:03,008 I found myself grappling 265 00:14:03,092 --> 00:14:06,178 with this idea of tradition and modernity. 266 00:14:10,850 --> 00:14:12,643 It's a real dichotomy 267 00:14:12,726 --> 00:14:15,229 that exists on the African continent. 268 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:19,608 There's an old world and then there's an accelerated world 269 00:14:19,692 --> 00:14:21,902 that has almost forgotten, 270 00:14:21,986 --> 00:14:24,238 or is rejecting, that old world. 271 00:14:27,241 --> 00:14:29,118 And in Wakanda, 272 00:14:29,201 --> 00:14:32,830 this tension exists with the Shuri character 273 00:14:32,913 --> 00:14:36,041 who finds herself in that extreme corner of innovation 274 00:14:36,125 --> 00:14:38,627 where she is really questioning 275 00:14:38,711 --> 00:14:41,046 the validity of the traditional ways. 276 00:14:47,428 --> 00:14:49,430 -My King! (CHUCKLES) -Stop it. 277 00:14:49,513 --> 00:14:51,932 SHURI: This corset is really uncomfortable, 278 00:14:52,016 --> 00:14:55,394 so could we all just wrap it up and go home? 279 00:14:55,477 --> 00:14:56,478 Yes! 280 00:14:56,896 --> 00:14:58,856 MOORE: With tradition versus innovation, 281 00:14:58,939 --> 00:15:01,734 Shuri very much over-indexes on innovation. 282 00:15:02,860 --> 00:15:05,237 But she's very self-assured as a character, 283 00:15:05,321 --> 00:15:08,365 which a lot of women and, and young girls respond to. 284 00:15:08,449 --> 00:15:10,200 Why do you have your toes out in my lab? 285 00:15:10,284 --> 00:15:13,203 I wanted to go old-school for my first day. 286 00:15:13,287 --> 00:15:15,164 I bet the Elders loved that. 287 00:15:15,247 --> 00:15:16,373 (CHUCKLES) 288 00:15:18,292 --> 00:15:20,210 Shuri is bold in her choices 289 00:15:20,294 --> 00:15:22,713 about science and technology 290 00:15:22,796 --> 00:15:24,632 and creation. 291 00:15:25,299 --> 00:15:27,927 She's always thinking of solutions to help her country. 292 00:15:28,010 --> 00:15:30,930 I'm here for the EMP beads. I've developed an update. 293 00:15:31,013 --> 00:15:32,973 Update? No, it worked perfectly. 294 00:15:33,057 --> 00:15:36,518 Just because something works doesn't mean that it cannot be improved. 295 00:15:39,021 --> 00:15:42,650 BEERS: Shuri represents the future in so many ways. 296 00:15:43,359 --> 00:15:45,110 She has these hopes and dreams, 297 00:15:45,194 --> 00:15:48,197 and she's also out there doing it. 298 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:51,200 SHURI: The nanites absorb the kinetic energy 299 00:15:51,283 --> 00:15:53,619 and hold it in place for redistribution. 300 00:15:53,702 --> 00:15:57,915 Shuri has this youthful exuberance about STEM, 301 00:15:58,582 --> 00:16:01,293 science, technology, engineering and math, 302 00:16:01,377 --> 00:16:05,464 and how she uses STEM to support the country. 303 00:16:05,547 --> 00:16:08,050 She is intelligent beyond her years. 304 00:16:08,133 --> 00:16:09,551 Look at your suit. 305 00:16:09,635 --> 00:16:12,638 You've been taking bullets, charging it up with kinetic energy. 306 00:16:13,764 --> 00:16:14,807 WRIGHT: Yes, she's strong. 307 00:16:14,890 --> 00:16:16,433 I'm going as fast as I can! 308 00:16:17,184 --> 00:16:18,435 Yes, she can be powerful. 309 00:16:18,519 --> 00:16:20,729 (BOTH GRUNTING) 310 00:16:21,772 --> 00:16:23,148 Just because of her age, 311 00:16:23,232 --> 00:16:24,858 people can easily underestimate her. 312 00:16:24,942 --> 00:16:26,151 (GRUNTS) 313 00:16:26,235 --> 00:16:28,779 But she has this lack of limitation. 314 00:16:28,862 --> 00:16:30,364 There's no ceilings on Shuri. 315 00:16:30,447 --> 00:16:31,740 In its raw form, 316 00:16:31,824 --> 00:16:34,743 Vibranium is too dangerous to be transported at that speed. 317 00:16:35,828 --> 00:16:37,955 BASSETT: Shuri's young, but she's gifted 318 00:16:38,038 --> 00:16:42,167 and she's passionate about being this science head, this geek. 319 00:16:42,876 --> 00:16:45,337 GURIRA: Shuri's just knocking down all those stereotypes of, like, 320 00:16:45,421 --> 00:16:48,424 oh, if a girl's good at sciences, she's not cool. 321 00:16:48,507 --> 00:16:49,633 Strike it. 322 00:16:50,384 --> 00:16:51,760 Not that hard, genius! 323 00:16:54,013 --> 00:16:57,224 A lot of the technology that Shuri is responsible for 324 00:16:57,307 --> 00:16:59,518 is all about the evolution of tradition 325 00:17:00,144 --> 00:17:03,022 in a way that it is evolved in technology. 326 00:17:03,105 --> 00:17:06,025 SHURI: The entire suit sits within the teeth of the necklace. 327 00:17:07,317 --> 00:17:09,570 Everything comes from Shuri. 328 00:17:11,113 --> 00:17:14,616 When I play Ayo, everything that protects me, 329 00:17:14,700 --> 00:17:17,703 the weapons that I use, the Dora Milaje uniform, 330 00:17:18,328 --> 00:17:20,080 all starts in her lab. 331 00:17:29,048 --> 00:17:32,468 The first time that Ayo is introduced 332 00:17:32,551 --> 00:17:34,636 was in Captain America: Civil War. 333 00:17:35,220 --> 00:17:37,681 I remember when the movie came out, and people came and said, 334 00:17:37,765 --> 00:17:39,016 "Are you the woman in the movie?" 335 00:17:39,516 --> 00:17:41,935 Move. Or you will be moved. 336 00:17:42,019 --> 00:17:45,939 And I said, like, "Yes," but I didn't really know what it meant. 337 00:17:46,023 --> 00:17:47,274 Now it's different. 338 00:17:47,357 --> 00:17:48,525 (CHUCKLES) 339 00:17:50,736 --> 00:17:52,279 SARAH HALLEY FINN: Florence is amazing. 340 00:17:52,780 --> 00:17:55,074 She had gotten a very small part. 341 00:17:55,157 --> 00:17:59,828 She had so much presence onscreen in just a few lines 342 00:17:59,912 --> 00:18:02,247 that gave us the inspiration 343 00:18:02,331 --> 00:18:05,292 to then bring her into a bigger world and a bigger role. 344 00:18:05,375 --> 00:18:06,502 Ayo, the king! 345 00:18:06,585 --> 00:18:08,837 (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) 346 00:18:08,921 --> 00:18:11,548 KASUMBA: Ayo is someone that, when she grew up... 347 00:18:11,632 --> 00:18:13,050 (GRUNTS) 348 00:18:13,133 --> 00:18:15,219 ...wanted to become a Dora Milaje. 349 00:18:16,220 --> 00:18:19,807 You have to make a specific choice to join them. 350 00:18:19,890 --> 00:18:24,353 You don't get born into the sisterhood. You have to work for it. 351 00:18:26,814 --> 00:18:28,107 But growing up myself, 352 00:18:28,190 --> 00:18:31,443 I wasn't used to seeing women protecting men. 353 00:18:33,487 --> 00:18:36,782 And in Wakanda, that is just such a given. 354 00:18:37,616 --> 00:18:39,952 You can become everything that you want to become. 355 00:18:40,035 --> 00:18:41,370 (GRUNTING) 356 00:18:41,453 --> 00:18:44,915 But this is a concept that is very foreign to a lot of people 357 00:18:44,998 --> 00:18:47,918 because sometimes, if it's not there, 358 00:18:48,001 --> 00:18:49,294 you can't imagine it. 359 00:18:56,885 --> 00:18:59,179 I was born in Uganda, 360 00:18:59,263 --> 00:19:01,557 but grew up in Germany. 361 00:19:02,850 --> 00:19:06,895 Back then, we didn't have that many Black actresses, 362 00:19:06,979 --> 00:19:09,189 and I noticed after a certain age that 363 00:19:10,065 --> 00:19:14,027 I missed people that I could see on the screen that look like me. 364 00:19:15,696 --> 00:19:18,615 But then I went to the theater and I saw people that looked like me 365 00:19:18,699 --> 00:19:20,409 and I thought, like, "That's what I want to do." 366 00:19:20,492 --> 00:19:22,494 (PEOPLE APPLAUDING) 367 00:19:23,871 --> 00:19:25,956 So that's the reason why I became a performer. 368 00:19:26,039 --> 00:19:28,041 (PEOPLE CHEERING, APPLAUDING) 369 00:19:30,627 --> 00:19:33,046 I studied singing, acting and dancing. 370 00:19:34,047 --> 00:19:37,926 And at some point, I transitioned from dancing, learning martial arts. 371 00:19:39,636 --> 00:19:42,097 My mom taught me from an early age 372 00:19:42,181 --> 00:19:45,559 that you have to stay who you are. 373 00:19:45,642 --> 00:19:48,979 It doesn't matter what people try to tell you who you are. 374 00:19:49,980 --> 00:19:52,191 I wouldn't be here, doing what I'm doing now, 375 00:19:52,274 --> 00:19:53,609 if she would have restricted me. 376 00:19:54,651 --> 00:19:56,653 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 377 00:19:58,238 --> 00:19:59,531 My mom was a nurse... 378 00:19:59,615 --> 00:20:01,158 (EKG BEEPING, FLATLINING) 379 00:20:01,241 --> 00:20:03,577 ...and she worked in the emergency room, 380 00:20:04,912 --> 00:20:06,747 so she had to deal with death a lot. 381 00:20:08,582 --> 00:20:11,335 And from an early age on, she would always talk about, 382 00:20:11,418 --> 00:20:13,003 "Today, somebody died at work." 383 00:20:13,962 --> 00:20:15,422 And because of that, 384 00:20:15,505 --> 00:20:19,051 it was always normal for us that people go and that's okay. 385 00:20:20,552 --> 00:20:22,638 (SIREN WAILING) 386 00:20:22,721 --> 00:20:25,140 She taught me, "Instead of focusing 387 00:20:25,224 --> 00:20:27,309 "that the person isn't there anymore, 388 00:20:27,392 --> 00:20:29,937 "focus on what the person has achieved." 389 00:20:34,024 --> 00:20:36,401 And that is something I am so grateful that she taught me 390 00:20:36,485 --> 00:20:40,239 because that is so in me that I don't break. 391 00:20:43,825 --> 00:20:46,912 The minute somebody gives you the freedom to do something 392 00:20:46,995 --> 00:20:49,665 and you notice how great you can become, 393 00:20:50,082 --> 00:20:52,417 you want to achieve more, you want to give more. 394 00:20:55,420 --> 00:20:58,548 And this is just like Ayo. 395 00:20:58,632 --> 00:21:02,469 She can put herself aside, doesn't need to be in the foreground, 396 00:21:02,552 --> 00:21:04,304 but when she has to lead a mission, 397 00:21:04,388 --> 00:21:06,473 she's able to go out and get the job done. 398 00:21:08,809 --> 00:21:12,604 Florence's character and the Dora altogether 399 00:21:13,313 --> 00:21:15,065 are a beautiful metaphor 400 00:21:15,148 --> 00:21:17,943 for the women behind the scenes on this film. 401 00:21:18,819 --> 00:21:19,861 It was amazing. 402 00:21:19,945 --> 00:21:21,405 I had never been on a set 403 00:21:21,488 --> 00:21:23,448 with more women in positions of power. 404 00:21:29,496 --> 00:21:30,747 Get back in the path 405 00:21:30,831 --> 00:21:33,417 like we did earlier this morning for our first shot. 406 00:21:33,500 --> 00:21:34,584 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 407 00:21:34,668 --> 00:21:37,421 MOORE: The film is about a lot of female characters 408 00:21:37,504 --> 00:21:39,673 and we would not have been doing the film any favors 409 00:21:39,756 --> 00:21:41,591 by not opening ourselves up to 410 00:21:41,675 --> 00:21:44,177 very talented female crew members. 411 00:21:44,261 --> 00:21:45,971 There's no reason for it to be a boy's club, 412 00:21:46,054 --> 00:21:48,140 and I think Black Panther kind of proves that. 413 00:21:48,682 --> 00:21:51,018 FINN: The director, Ryan Coogler, always had 414 00:21:51,101 --> 00:21:53,353 this vision of strong women behind the scenes. 415 00:21:53,979 --> 00:21:57,941 We were telling a story for a diverse world of men and women. 416 00:21:58,025 --> 00:22:00,777 And so, in order to do that, we need all those voices at the table. 417 00:22:00,861 --> 00:22:03,739 WOMAN: Remember, no matter what, block off when we call cut. 418 00:22:04,406 --> 00:22:07,367 CARTER: Ryan's compassion is infectious 419 00:22:07,451 --> 00:22:11,705 and we want to rally around him and support his ideas. 420 00:22:11,788 --> 00:22:14,499 So, women tend to do that. 421 00:22:15,500 --> 00:22:16,960 BEACHLER: We're like Ryan's Dora. 422 00:22:17,044 --> 00:22:19,254 We're here to protect the vision. 423 00:22:19,338 --> 00:22:20,339 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 424 00:22:20,422 --> 00:22:24,509 It's quite empowering to have a lot of women around you. 425 00:22:24,593 --> 00:22:27,012 There's a sense of nurturing of the story 426 00:22:27,095 --> 00:22:30,474 because we're able to give emotionally in a lot of different ways. 427 00:22:30,557 --> 00:22:31,641 (PEOPLE LAUGHING) 428 00:22:31,725 --> 00:22:35,395 And I think that that just enhances what you're seeing onscreen. 429 00:22:36,897 --> 00:22:39,316 COOGLER: Hannah Beachler was kinda like our major workhorse 430 00:22:39,399 --> 00:22:40,734 in researching Wakanda. 431 00:22:41,151 --> 00:22:44,654 You see it in the architecture and the production design of, of the sets. 432 00:22:48,825 --> 00:22:51,078 WOMAN: And action! 433 00:22:51,661 --> 00:22:54,456 -Come home, Nakia. -I'm right here. 434 00:22:54,539 --> 00:22:55,749 Stay. 435 00:22:55,832 --> 00:22:59,419 NYONG'O: The first few times I walked onto the set of Black Panther, 436 00:22:59,503 --> 00:23:02,214 I just remember getting goosebumps 437 00:23:02,714 --> 00:23:07,302 because it represented what was so beautiful about Africa. 438 00:23:07,928 --> 00:23:10,013 Everything just seemed so purposeful. 439 00:23:11,014 --> 00:23:15,727 And I think that kind of detail is what made this movie quite special. 440 00:23:17,562 --> 00:23:19,981 GURIRA: There are times that I'd come on set and I'd be like, 441 00:23:20,065 --> 00:23:22,109 "Oh, God. You don't understand. This is gonna be amazing." 442 00:23:22,192 --> 00:23:24,277 Like, you just see, like, you know, Hannah's set. 443 00:23:28,365 --> 00:23:30,492 BEACHLER: As the production designer, 444 00:23:30,575 --> 00:23:33,703 I wanted to bring a different light to 445 00:23:33,787 --> 00:23:36,289 what had previously been called the Dark Continent 446 00:23:36,373 --> 00:23:37,707 for so many decades. 447 00:23:37,791 --> 00:23:39,918 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 448 00:23:41,169 --> 00:23:43,213 My father was an architect 449 00:23:43,296 --> 00:23:45,006 and taught me early on 450 00:23:45,090 --> 00:23:47,217 that you really need to understand the land 451 00:23:47,300 --> 00:23:49,136 before you can put a building on it. 452 00:23:51,346 --> 00:23:54,391 So I applied that gem to Wakanda. 453 00:23:57,394 --> 00:23:59,438 We travelled to South Africa 454 00:24:01,022 --> 00:24:02,566 for research. 455 00:24:03,817 --> 00:24:07,654 We were pretty much all over the Sentinel Mountains and Lesotho. 456 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:12,284 Dug into the geography, 457 00:24:14,828 --> 00:24:16,538 the people, the traditions. 458 00:24:16,621 --> 00:24:18,582 (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) 459 00:24:19,499 --> 00:24:21,168 And that's where I became inspired by 460 00:24:21,251 --> 00:24:23,670 an idea of a society that's based in 461 00:24:23,753 --> 00:24:27,674 tradition, community, family and ritual. 462 00:24:31,094 --> 00:24:34,764 I created this 500-page bible, the "Wakandan Bible," as we call it. 463 00:24:39,394 --> 00:24:41,688 It tells us what their timeline is, 464 00:24:41,771 --> 00:24:43,857 from the Bronze Age to the current day, 465 00:24:44,733 --> 00:24:48,778 comparing Wakanda's evolution with the rest of the world. 466 00:24:50,655 --> 00:24:54,326 A map of the country and of their capital, Golden City, 467 00:24:54,868 --> 00:24:57,204 their traditions, religion. 468 00:24:57,287 --> 00:24:59,581 What was their trade? What was their economy? 469 00:24:59,664 --> 00:25:00,665 What do they eat? 470 00:25:01,416 --> 00:25:03,043 What is their language? 471 00:25:03,877 --> 00:25:05,712 (RITUAL MUSIC PLAYING) 472 00:25:05,795 --> 00:25:07,964 (SPEAKING XHOSA) 473 00:25:08,048 --> 00:25:09,424 Dora Milaje! 474 00:25:13,220 --> 00:25:16,181 The language that they speak in Wakanda is Xhosa, 475 00:25:16,264 --> 00:25:18,099 which is a language of South Africa. 476 00:25:18,183 --> 00:25:20,435 (SPEAKING IN XHOSA) 477 00:25:21,186 --> 00:25:22,854 I was born and raised in Johannesburg, 478 00:25:22,938 --> 00:25:25,106 so this film was really, really important to me. 479 00:25:25,190 --> 00:25:27,484 I basically referred to it as "my soul movie." 480 00:25:27,567 --> 00:25:28,777 (RITUAL MUSIC PLAYING) 481 00:25:29,903 --> 00:25:33,281 My friends in South Africa said, when they started speaking Xhosa, 482 00:25:33,365 --> 00:25:35,242 there were gasps in the theater. 483 00:25:35,325 --> 00:25:37,869 People couldn't believe, like, "Our language is on the screen," 484 00:25:37,953 --> 00:25:41,623 and that meant something to people, to, to, to feel, like, seen that way. 485 00:25:43,708 --> 00:25:45,418 I absolutely worshipped 486 00:25:45,502 --> 00:25:48,713 every single one of the female characters in this film, 487 00:25:49,464 --> 00:25:52,842 and I looked at every single scene in Black Panther from the perspective of 488 00:25:52,926 --> 00:25:54,803 "Is it being true to them?" 489 00:25:54,886 --> 00:25:56,054 And he goes there. 490 00:25:56,137 --> 00:25:59,391 BERMAN: And so I went to Ryan about the ending scene 491 00:25:59,474 --> 00:26:03,144 where the Dora Milaje are surrounded by the Border Tribe. 492 00:26:03,228 --> 00:26:05,063 As it was originally shot, 493 00:26:05,146 --> 00:26:07,816 the Jabari male warriors come and rescue them. 494 00:26:08,692 --> 00:26:10,068 And I said, "I feel that undercuts 495 00:26:10,151 --> 00:26:12,946 "so much of what we spent the entire film building up." 496 00:26:13,738 --> 00:26:17,200 And he agreed with me and he worked miracles to 497 00:26:17,284 --> 00:26:20,161 create a new character called the female Jabari warrior. 498 00:26:22,163 --> 00:26:24,541 And they went into additional photography, 499 00:26:24,624 --> 00:26:25,834 got a new shot, 500 00:26:25,917 --> 00:26:28,211 and now, the very first person to 501 00:26:28,295 --> 00:26:31,298 power through the force field and save the Dora Milaje 502 00:26:33,466 --> 00:26:35,093 is a female Jabari warrior. 503 00:26:35,176 --> 00:26:37,345 -(MAN GRUNTS) -(ROARS) 504 00:26:38,138 --> 00:26:40,140 And it served our ladies right. 505 00:26:40,223 --> 00:26:41,349 (BELLOWING) 506 00:26:41,433 --> 00:26:43,435 (WARRIORS GRUNTING) 507 00:26:49,566 --> 00:26:52,986 CARTER: The Indigenous tribes of Wakanda were inspired by 508 00:26:53,069 --> 00:26:55,822 several different real tribes of Africa. 509 00:26:55,905 --> 00:26:58,450 (DRUMS BEATING) 510 00:26:58,533 --> 00:27:00,243 As the costume designer, 511 00:27:00,327 --> 00:27:03,038 I approach my work from 512 00:27:03,121 --> 00:27:05,999 the point of view of responsibility to the culture. 513 00:27:06,082 --> 00:27:07,542 (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 514 00:27:07,626 --> 00:27:10,503 And people need to see that more in film. 515 00:27:10,587 --> 00:27:11,630 (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 516 00:27:13,173 --> 00:27:16,926 Ruth is just absolutely bar none brilliant. 517 00:27:17,010 --> 00:27:21,056 I know so much more who I am as Ramonda 518 00:27:21,139 --> 00:27:23,808 when I put the costumes on. 519 00:27:23,892 --> 00:27:27,479 The jewelry, the headdress, the embroidery. 520 00:27:28,146 --> 00:27:31,816 Ruth wanted to do it right, so she would talk to people on the continent about 521 00:27:31,900 --> 00:27:33,860 the processes by which they make their clothing... 522 00:27:33,943 --> 00:27:35,820 (DRUMS BEATING) 523 00:27:36,738 --> 00:27:40,075 ...and integrate them into her costumes. 524 00:27:44,037 --> 00:27:47,207 Like the Dora Milaje with their arm rings, 525 00:27:47,290 --> 00:27:49,000 their neck rings that come from 526 00:27:49,084 --> 00:27:51,378 the Ndebele people of South Africa. 527 00:27:53,380 --> 00:27:56,925 The Lesotho blankets that we made into shields. 528 00:27:57,550 --> 00:28:00,470 Those pieces retrained the eye 529 00:28:00,553 --> 00:28:03,431 to a new form of beauty and appreciation. 530 00:28:03,515 --> 00:28:05,141 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 531 00:28:06,643 --> 00:28:08,019 GURIRA: This movie got to celebrate 532 00:28:08,103 --> 00:28:10,397 a ton of different cultures from across the continent. 533 00:28:11,773 --> 00:28:15,860 KASUMBA: The African country and African women are so well represented. 534 00:28:16,403 --> 00:28:18,780 They have tattoos and they have scars, 535 00:28:18,863 --> 00:28:21,408 and they have lots of hair, braids, 536 00:28:22,075 --> 00:28:23,785 and even have no hair. 537 00:28:27,831 --> 00:28:31,418 GURIRA: For the Dora Milaje, some of us didn't have hair, anyway, 538 00:28:31,501 --> 00:28:34,170 but it was really just this idea that 539 00:28:34,254 --> 00:28:37,257 "What's your definition of femininity? 'Cause this is mine." 540 00:28:37,340 --> 00:28:39,008 You know what I mean? And I'm good with this. 541 00:28:39,092 --> 00:28:40,844 Bast willing, this will go quickly 542 00:28:40,927 --> 00:28:44,222 and I can get this ridiculous thing off my head. 543 00:28:44,305 --> 00:28:47,726 The idea of "I don't wanna wear hair on my head. 544 00:28:47,809 --> 00:28:48,935 "This is ridiculous." 545 00:28:49,018 --> 00:28:51,312 (GRUNTING) 546 00:28:52,105 --> 00:28:54,274 I found so much enjoyment in it 547 00:28:55,734 --> 00:28:58,194 and freedom in it, and power in it. 548 00:29:05,410 --> 00:29:08,121 And then we were deciding what tattoo to put on. 549 00:29:09,622 --> 00:29:11,750 I had a lot of tattoos on, on my head for about a week. 550 00:29:13,752 --> 00:29:17,088 And then it was like, "Oh, my God. It's her fighter helmet. 551 00:29:17,172 --> 00:29:18,465 "Forget it. This is it." 552 00:29:19,466 --> 00:29:21,468 I want my tattoo. I want my bald head. 553 00:29:25,346 --> 00:29:27,515 CAMILLE FRIEND: It's a strong, bold statement. 554 00:29:29,017 --> 00:29:31,102 It's just, it's power and strength in the look. 555 00:29:34,147 --> 00:29:35,356 FINN: With this film, 556 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:38,485 we're able to see women owning their power. 557 00:29:38,568 --> 00:29:40,737 Drop your weapon! 558 00:29:40,820 --> 00:29:42,530 And I think that's very inspiring. 559 00:29:43,031 --> 00:29:44,908 Wakanda forever! 560 00:29:53,750 --> 00:29:57,086 We're excited because somebody that looks like me is a superhero. 561 00:29:57,587 --> 00:30:01,049 I've never gone to a theater to see a film like this before, 562 00:30:01,132 --> 00:30:03,927 so I just really needed to go all out. 563 00:30:04,010 --> 00:30:05,553 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 564 00:30:05,637 --> 00:30:06,805 (DRUMS BEATING) 565 00:30:07,305 --> 00:30:10,266 CARTER: You saw those people in the movie theaters, like, 566 00:30:10,350 --> 00:30:11,768 celebrating and dancing. 567 00:30:11,851 --> 00:30:13,770 (SINGING) 568 00:30:15,647 --> 00:30:17,941 CARTER: People saw themselves onscreen. 569 00:30:18,942 --> 00:30:21,861 People wanted to rejoice. We were so ready for it. 570 00:30:23,780 --> 00:30:26,032 BERMAN: Hearing about people feeling inspired, 571 00:30:26,115 --> 00:30:29,577 going to the theater and just seeing every single viewing for hours and hours, 572 00:30:29,661 --> 00:30:30,954 it was just so magical. 573 00:30:31,037 --> 00:30:32,747 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 574 00:30:35,333 --> 00:30:39,379 It touched me and made me feel very purposeful as an actor. 575 00:30:41,297 --> 00:30:43,341 KASUMBA: Seeing what we made was overwhelming 576 00:30:43,424 --> 00:30:45,885 because it connected people. 577 00:30:47,679 --> 00:30:50,473 We are coming from these different places, but we're still one. 578 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:55,353 ZOE SALDANA: Think about how impactful that was, not just for us, 579 00:30:55,436 --> 00:30:59,065 people that belong to our respective communities of color. 580 00:31:00,066 --> 00:31:02,485 But even women that don't, 581 00:31:03,069 --> 00:31:06,072 and never even realized that something like that 582 00:31:06,155 --> 00:31:07,949 had never been given to us. 583 00:31:08,032 --> 00:31:09,117 Yay! (LAUGHS) 584 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:11,619 SALDANA: We were never told that this could be possible. 585 00:31:11,703 --> 00:31:13,663 (PEOPLE LAUGHING FAINTLY) 586 00:31:13,746 --> 00:31:15,957 NYONG'O: Why do we need Black superheroes? 587 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:17,166 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 588 00:31:17,292 --> 00:31:18,877 Why not? 589 00:31:19,627 --> 00:31:20,962 I mean, it's a no-brainer. 590 00:31:21,045 --> 00:31:22,839 There's Black people in this world 591 00:31:22,922 --> 00:31:24,883 and there's room in our imaginations 592 00:31:24,966 --> 00:31:26,843 to imagine ourselves as superheroes. 593 00:31:28,261 --> 00:31:31,055 We don't even begin to know 594 00:31:31,139 --> 00:31:35,059 the level of what these films can do for children. 595 00:31:46,237 --> 00:31:49,616 My name is Vianna Robbins and I'm 11 years old. 596 00:31:49,699 --> 00:31:52,911 My name's Amel Robbins and I am ten years old. 597 00:31:52,994 --> 00:31:54,203 My name is Darian Robbins. 598 00:31:55,455 --> 00:31:58,249 I'm an environmental project engineer with NASA. 599 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:02,921 Being an engineer myself, I was really impressed with Shuri. 600 00:32:03,004 --> 00:32:04,464 Yes! 601 00:32:04,547 --> 00:32:06,132 When you go into her lab 602 00:32:06,215 --> 00:32:08,718 and seeing all the stuff she's working on. 603 00:32:08,801 --> 00:32:12,096 Just the breadth of her knowledge, I mean, that just blew my mind. 604 00:32:14,515 --> 00:32:17,310 The experience for my family, and particularly my daughters, 605 00:32:17,393 --> 00:32:18,728 with seeing Black Panther, 606 00:32:18,811 --> 00:32:21,189 it was something that they'd never seen before, 607 00:32:21,272 --> 00:32:23,274 you know, powerful representation of, of women onscreen. 608 00:32:24,150 --> 00:32:26,152 What my daughters loved most about the film, 609 00:32:26,235 --> 00:32:28,571 was the women taking control, and being in command, 610 00:32:28,655 --> 00:32:30,573 and just doing adventurous stuff. 611 00:32:30,823 --> 00:32:31,824 AMEL: Daddy! 612 00:32:32,492 --> 00:32:33,368 (DARIAN CHUCKLES) 613 00:32:33,451 --> 00:32:35,161 -Okay. -Are you sick? 614 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:38,164 My girls are very adventurous themselves. 615 00:32:38,998 --> 00:32:40,333 They dance, 616 00:32:41,334 --> 00:32:42,794 do tae kwon do. 617 00:32:42,877 --> 00:32:43,920 (BOTH GRUNT) 618 00:32:44,504 --> 00:32:45,713 They ride bikes. 619 00:32:45,797 --> 00:32:47,757 They have a zest for life. 620 00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:49,550 (CHEERING) 621 00:32:49,634 --> 00:32:50,635 High knees. 622 00:32:51,761 --> 00:32:52,762 Good. 623 00:32:52,845 --> 00:32:56,975 My favorite character from Black Panther is Okoye. 624 00:33:00,019 --> 00:33:05,191 I like how Okoye fights for whoever sits on the throne, 625 00:33:05,274 --> 00:33:06,818 no matter who sits on it. 626 00:33:07,819 --> 00:33:10,947 She's like a warrior whenever, wherever. 627 00:33:11,406 --> 00:33:12,323 (GRUNTS) 628 00:33:12,448 --> 00:33:14,742 And she'll get the job done. 629 00:33:15,743 --> 00:33:18,329 Y'all stick together like the Dora Milaje, right? 630 00:33:20,081 --> 00:33:23,001 You'll come together like a family to protect one another. 631 00:33:24,002 --> 00:33:25,503 That makes my heart full. 632 00:33:29,799 --> 00:33:34,846 I like when Shuri's in the lab with the other woman, 633 00:33:34,929 --> 00:33:39,058 working on technology for Wakanda. 634 00:33:43,062 --> 00:33:45,898 My favorite character is Nakia. 635 00:33:48,151 --> 00:33:52,572 I like how she fights for people outside of her country 636 00:33:52,655 --> 00:33:56,242 to help those who are struggling. 637 00:33:59,829 --> 00:34:02,749 I think it's also inspiring to other people 638 00:34:02,832 --> 00:34:04,917 to see women superheroes 639 00:34:05,001 --> 00:34:09,005 because they might not believe they can do something. 640 00:34:09,547 --> 00:34:11,841 But they watch Black Panther 641 00:34:11,924 --> 00:34:15,053 and all of a sudden, they believe they can do it. 642 00:34:16,554 --> 00:34:19,307 They start reaching for their goal. 643 00:34:23,978 --> 00:34:25,021 (GRUNTS) 644 00:34:26,731 --> 00:34:28,941 (BOTH GRUNTING) 645 00:34:29,025 --> 00:34:33,112 SALDANA: We're living in a time where we're all recognizing 646 00:34:33,196 --> 00:34:36,157 that these stories need to be told about women, 647 00:34:37,366 --> 00:34:39,452 a wonderful and rich universe... 648 00:34:39,535 --> 00:34:41,204 (SCREAMING) 649 00:34:41,287 --> 00:34:42,622 ...filled with female heroes. 650 00:34:42,705 --> 00:34:43,915 (CROWD CHEERING) 651 00:34:44,499 --> 00:34:47,293 BEACHLER: But there's still a lot of work to do. 652 00:34:48,294 --> 00:34:52,131 Even though people are always saying after the Oscars, 653 00:34:52,215 --> 00:34:54,050 "This isn't a game changer." 654 00:34:54,133 --> 00:34:55,259 (CROWD CHEERING) 655 00:34:55,343 --> 00:34:58,221 MALE ANNOUNCER: Ruth Carter is the first African American woman 656 00:34:58,304 --> 00:35:01,057 to win an Oscar for Best Costume Design. 657 00:35:01,724 --> 00:35:04,018 And Hannah Beachler is the first Black woman 658 00:35:04,102 --> 00:35:07,230 to be nominated and win for Best Production Design. 659 00:35:10,066 --> 00:35:12,193 People said, "Oh, you broke the glass ceiling." 660 00:35:15,571 --> 00:35:17,573 (GLASS BREAKING) 661 00:35:18,116 --> 00:35:20,284 But I'm not interested in the glass ceiling. 662 00:35:21,619 --> 00:35:23,621 I'm interested in the brick wall. 663 00:35:25,331 --> 00:35:27,125 Because if I take down the brick wall, 664 00:35:27,959 --> 00:35:29,377 I bring down the building. 665 00:35:36,384 --> 00:35:38,094 So we can redesign it. 666 00:35:41,764 --> 00:35:43,516 And that's the only way to go forward. 667 00:35:51,357 --> 00:35:53,317 Black Panther was not just a movie. 668 00:35:53,401 --> 00:35:54,402 It changed lives. 669 00:35:54,485 --> 00:35:56,654 It changed how people thought about themselves. 670 00:35:56,737 --> 00:35:58,114 (PEOPLE LAUGHING) 671 00:35:58,197 --> 00:36:01,117 Congresswoman Maxine Waters. 672 00:36:01,617 --> 00:36:04,370 (PEOPLE SHOUTING, CHEERING) Wakanda forever! 673 00:36:06,497 --> 00:36:08,708 GURIRA: I had no anticipation 674 00:36:08,791 --> 00:36:12,670 of the impact that it would have on people of the diaspora 675 00:36:12,753 --> 00:36:16,883 to just celebrate ourselves and who we are, what our heritage is. 676 00:36:16,966 --> 00:36:18,968 (PEOPLE CHEERING) 677 00:36:23,639 --> 00:36:27,268 KASUMBA: It's important to be able to recognize yourself. 678 00:36:27,351 --> 00:36:28,728 And with this movie, 679 00:36:28,811 --> 00:36:31,314 a lot of people could watch it and think, 680 00:36:31,397 --> 00:36:35,067 "Wow. People that look like me are presented 681 00:36:35,151 --> 00:36:37,153 "and we can be superheroes, too." 682 00:36:39,906 --> 00:36:42,033 Wakanda forever! 683 00:36:42,116 --> 00:36:44,243 -(BOTH LAUGHING) -(PEOPLE CHEERING) 684 00:36:44,327 --> 00:36:45,328 I love it. 685 00:36:45,411 --> 00:36:48,080 The evolution that needs to come has to come 686 00:36:48,164 --> 00:36:50,541 from the understanding that we have to step into 687 00:36:50,625 --> 00:36:52,335 what we haven't seen before 688 00:36:52,418 --> 00:36:54,921 because a lot of the old models are based in exclusion. 689 00:36:56,130 --> 00:36:58,299 And then in Wakanda Forever, 690 00:36:58,382 --> 00:37:01,302 we see the representation of female characters 691 00:37:02,637 --> 00:37:05,389 in so many more different ways. 692 00:37:06,474 --> 00:37:10,519 BASSETT: It's the continuation of the strength of the female warrior. 693 00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:15,650 Her voice is strong and unsilent. 694 00:37:15,733 --> 00:37:20,196 RAMONDA: I am Queen of the most powerful nation in the world! 695 00:37:20,279 --> 00:37:22,114 It's a beautiful thing to see. 696 00:37:24,992 --> 00:37:27,995 NYONG'O: Why are superheroes so popular in this world? 697 00:37:28,913 --> 00:37:31,540 I think it's because they possess 698 00:37:31,624 --> 00:37:36,754 powers and perspectives that we aspire to. 699 00:37:38,714 --> 00:37:44,053 And everybody deserves to exist in imaginative spaces. 700 00:38:05,366 --> 00:38:07,368 (MUSIC PLAYING) 57177

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