'Black Panther' Movie Actors: Film Changed How People See Africa

2022-11-12

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  • The main actors of the new Black Panther movie, called Wakanda Forever, gathered recently in London.
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  • They were celebrating the opening of the follow-up to the 2018 film.
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  • The first movie was the top film of that year in the U.S. and Canada and the second-biggest in the world. It sold $1.3 billion in tickets.
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  • The movie was the first superhero film to have a mostly Black cast.
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  • One of the main actors is Lupita Nyong'o of Kenya. She plays Nakia.
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  • She said the movie from four years ago permitted people to feel good about "indigenous cultures" because of the way it showed African life.
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  • "We are celebrating our culture, we are celebrating where we are from in a way that is extremely inclusive," she said.
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  • Florence Kasumba was born in Uganda but now lives in Germany.
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  • She is also one of the main actors in Wakanda Forever.
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  • As a girl, she said, she would have liked to see movies like Black Panther, "because there are not so many role models."
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  • Kasumba has acted in other superhero movies including Wonder Woman and Captain America.
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  • Ayodeji Aiyesimoju is a professor who studies television and film at Joseph Ayo Babalola University in Nigeria.
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  • He said the first Black Panther movie changed the way some people thought about Africa.
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  • "It opened conversations for questions.
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  • People were genuinely interested in knowing about the continent," he said.
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  • He said the next step is for movie studios in Hollywood and Britain to do more work with Black actors and African moviemakers.
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  • Some critics, however, said the movie was just a way for large movie companies to make money by showing a fictional African way of life.
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  • Disney produced the movie and it is based on characters created by Marvel.
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  • One actor said Africa had an important part in the movie. Danai Gurira played the character Okoye.
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  • Her family is from Zimbabwe but she was born in the U.S.
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  • "You have to understand that it was Africa that impacted Black Panther," she said.
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  • "The role I play was all about looking at what Africa was and bringing (that) into the world."
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  • I'm Dan Friedell.
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  • The main actors of the new Black Panther movie, called Wakanda Forever, gathered recently in London.
  • 2
  • They were celebrating the opening of the follow-up to the 2018 film.
  • 3
  • The first movie was the top film of that year in the U.S. and Canada and the second-biggest in the world. It sold $1.3 billion in tickets.
  • 4
  • The movie was the first superhero film to have a mostly Black cast.
  • 5
  • One of the main actors is Lupita Nyong'o of Kenya. She plays Nakia.
  • 6
  • She said the movie from four years ago permitted people to feel good about "indigenous cultures" because of the way it showed African life.
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  • "We are celebrating our culture, we are celebrating where we are from in a way that is extremely inclusive," she said.
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  • Florence Kasumba was born in Uganda but now lives in Germany. She is also one of the main actors in Wakanda Forever.
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  • As a girl, she said, she would have liked to see movies like Black Panther, "because there are not so many role models."
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  • Kasumba has acted in other superhero movies including Wonder Woman and Captain America.
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  • Ayodeji Aiyesimoju is a professor who studies television and film at Joseph Ayo Babalola University in Nigeria. He said the first Black Panther movie changed the way some people thought about Africa.
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  • "It opened conversations for questions. People were genuinely interested in knowing about the continent," he said.
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  • He said the next step is for movie studios in Hollywood and Britain to do more work with Black actors and African moviemakers.
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  • Some critics, however, said the movie was just a way for large movie companies to make money by showing a fictional African way of life. Disney produced the movie and it is based on characters created by Marvel.
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  • One actor said Africa had an important part in the movie. Danai Gurira played the character Okoye. Her family is from Zimbabwe but she was born in the U.S.
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  • "You have to understand that it was Africa that impacted Black Panther," she said. "The role I play was all about looking at what Africa was and bringing (that) into the world."
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  • I'm Dan Friedell.
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  • Dan Friedell adapted this story for VOA Learning English based on a report by Reuters.
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  • Words in This Story
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  • superhero -n. an imaginary person in a book, movie or television show who has amazing powers like the ability to fly
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  • cast -n. the actors in a play, TV show or movie
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  • indigenous -n. native to a place
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  • inclusive -adj. including everyone or many different kinds of people
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  • role model -n. someone who another person thinks highly of and tries to be like
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  • genuine -adj. real, true, not false
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  • fiction -n. written stories about people and events that are not real
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  • character -n. a person in a story, book, play or movie
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  • impact -n. an influence or something that affects something else
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