Outdoor Movie: Black Panther
Recommended
This event is in the past
Thurs July 25, 2019, 8:30 pm
Greenlake Community Center
Green Lake (Seattle)
Free
Because I do not want to spoil the experience of this movie, I will not describe the path of the film's plot to its core problem, which concerns the unification of black Africa with black America. Out of a comic book, director Ryan Coogler crafted an important concept about how, from the unification, a post-pan-Africanist global Africanism can emerge. It comes down to this: black Africans and black Americans have to admit their respective failings. (My feeling is that Coogler is much harder on black Americans than black Africans.) As a whole, <i>Black Panther</i> is lots of fun and will excite a lot of discussion and strong opinions. But the most revolutionary thing about <i>Black Panther </i>is its city. The capital of Wakanda has skyscrapers, a monorail, sidewalks of grass, green buildings, farmers markets, and no cars. The whole idea of private transportation is foreign to this fictional society. If this black African capital has anything to share with the world, it's its city planning.
by Charles Mudede