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Black Panther (Original title)
Date: 2018 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Director: Ryan Coogler

Synopsis: After the King of Wakana dies, his son T'Challa returns home to the African nation to succeed him. His succession is challenged and T'Challa finds himself drawn into a conflict which threatens his entire kingdom.

Genres:
Science Fiction, Action and Adventure

Subjects:
Super-heroes, Africa
Releases
Date: 29 January 2018Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby AtmosAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 134 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Date: 13 February 2018Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby AtmosAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 134 mins 22 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Buena Vista International (UK)

Credits (130)
Presents: Marvel Studios, South African Production Services by: Moonlighting Films, Executive Producer: Louis D'Esposito, Executive Producer: Victoria Alonso, Executive Producer: Nate Moore, Executive Producer: Jeffrey Chernov, Executive Producer: Stan Lee, Produced by: Kevin Feige, Co-producer: David J. Grant, Unit Production Manager: Helen Pollak, Production Supervisor: Jason Zorigian, Production Co-ordinator: Sara Bartkiewicz, Financial Controller: Eric Pike, Production Accountant: Matt Monaco, Supervising Location Manager: Ilt Jones, 2nd Unit Director: Darrin Prescott, 1st Assistant Director: Lisa Satriano, 2nd Assistant Director: Josy Capkun, 2nd 2nd Assistant Director: Scott Brown, Additional 2nd 2nd Assistant Director: Danielle King, Script Supervisor: Dawn Gilliam, Casting by: Sarah Finn, Extras Casting: Tammy Smith, Written by: Ryan Coogler, Written by: Robert Cole, Based on the Marvel Comics by: Stan Lee, Marvel Comics by: Jack Kirby, Director of Photography: Rachel Morrison, 2nd Unit Director of Photography: Bruce McCleery, A Camera Operator: P. Scott Sakamoto, B Camera Operator: Thomas Lappin, C Camera Operator: Ross Sebek, Steadicam Operator: P. Scott Sakamoto, Digital Imaging Technician: Nicholas Kay, Key Grip: C. Alan Rawlins, Visual Effects Supervisor: Geoffrey Baumann, Additional Visual Effects Supervisor: Jesse James Chisholm, Visual Effects Producer: Lisa Beroud, Visual Effects by: Method Studios, Visual Effects by: Industrial Light & Magic, Visual Effects by: Scanline, Visual Effects by: Luma Pictures, Visual Effects by: RISE Visual Effects Studios, Visual Effects by: Trixter, Visual Effects by: Double Negative, Visual Effects by: Storm Studios, Visual Effects by: Mammal Studios, Visual Effects by: Ghost VFX, Visual Effects by: Perception, Visual Effects by: Cantina Creative, Visual Effects by: Lola VFX, Visual Effects by: capital T, Technicolor VFX, Additional Visual Effects1: Exceptional Minds, Additional Visual Effects by: Rodeo, Additional Visual Effects by: Anibrain, Additional Visual Effects by: BOT VFX, Additional Visual Effects by: Futureworks, Additional Visual Effects by: FX3X, Additional Visual Effects by: Imageloom VFX, Additional Visual Effects by: Method Pune, Additional Visual Effects by: Pixstone Images, Additional Visual Effects by: Vertigo Visual, Yannix Thailand Co, 3D Stereoscopic Producer: Jon Goldsmith, 3D Stereoscopic Supervisor: Evan Jacobs, Special Effects Supervisor: Daniel Sudick, Special Effects Co-ordinator: Jesse Noel, Animation by: Method Studios, Animation by: Industrial Light & Magic, Animation by: Scanline, Animation by: Trixter, Double Negative, Edited by: Michael P. Shawver, Debbie Berman, Supervising Finishing Artist: Maxine Gervais, Production Designer: Hannah Beachler, Supervising Art Director: Alan Hook, Art Director: Jason T. Clark, Art Director: Joseph Hiura, Art Director: Alex McCarroll, Art Director: Jay Pelissier, Art Director: Domenic Silvestri, Assistant Art Director: Marlie Arnold, Head of Visual Development: Ryan Meinerding, Set Designer: C. Scott Baker, Set Designer: Aric Cheng, Set Designer: David Chow, Set Designer: Nick Cross, Set Designer: Patrick Dunn-Baker, Set Designer: Daniel Frank, Set Designer: Sarah Forrest, Set Designer: Chad S. Frey, Set Designer: Marco Rubeo, Set Designer: Mayumi Valentine, Set Decorator: Jay Hart, Graphic Designer: Zach Fannin, Property Master: Drew Petrotta, Construction Supervisor: Greg Callas, Costume Designer: Ruth Carter, Costume Supervisor: Wendy Craig, Costume Supervisor: Paul Simmons, Speciality Costumes by: Inc. Film Illusions, Make-up Department Head: Joel Harlow, Hair Department Head: Camille Friend, Key Hair Stylist: Jaime Leigh McIntosh, Main Title Sequence by: Perception, End Crawl by: Exceptional Minds, Music by: Ludwig Göransson, Original Songs by: Kendrick Lamar, Choir: Voquality Singers, Music Supervisor: Dave Jordan, Score Supervisor: Steve Durkee, Supervising Music Editor: Steve Durkee, Production Sound Mixer: Peter Devlin, Boom Operator: David Fiske Raymond, Re-recording Mixer: Steve Boeddeker, Re-recording Mixer: Brandon Proctor, Supervising Sound Editor: Benjamin A. Burtt, Supervising Sound Editor: Steve Boeddeker, Stunt Co-ordinator: Andy Gill, Stunt Co-ordinator: Jonathon Eusebio, Fight Team Co-ordinator: Clayton Barber, Military Adviser: Stephen Conroy, Armourer: Fritz Buckley, Armourer: Hayden Bilson, Unit Publicist: Carol McConnaughey, Transportation Co-ordinator: Aaron Skalka, Digital Intermediate by: Technicolor
Cast (20)
Chadwick Boseman (T'Challa, 'Black Panther'), Michael B. Jordan (Erik Killmonger), Lupita Nyong'o (Nakia), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Martin Freeman (Everett K. Ross), Daniel Kaluuya (W'Kabi), Letitia Wright (Shuri), Winston Duke (M'Baku), Sterling K. Brown (N'Jobu), Florence Kasumba (Ayo), John Kani (T'Chaka), Angela Bassett (Ramonda), Forest Whitaker (Zuri), Andy Serkis (Ulysses Klaue), David S. Lee (Limbani), Nabiyah Be (Linda), Isaach de Bankolé (river tribe elder), Connie Chiume (mining tribe elder), Dorothy Steel (merchang tribe elder), Danny Sapani (border tribe elder)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (3)
In: Science fiction film and television v16 n1/2 Spring/Summer 2023  Pages: 218-220
Title: Book reviewsAuthor: DeBrock, JacobArticle type: Book ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Of 'Black Panther: interrogating a cultural phenomenon' by Terence McSweeney.

In: Science fiction film and television v15 n2 Summer 2022  Pages: 169-192
Title: The pretense of prosthesis: the prosthecized superhero in the Marvel Cinematic UniverseAuthor: Drislane, LiamArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Part of the special issue 'Disability and sf film and television'. Analyses the role of the superheroic prosthesis in Marvel Cinematic Universe. Draws on concepts from contemporary disability studies theory and focuses particularly on the visibility and destruction of prostheses arguing that the franchise struggles with identifying the superhero as a disabled character.

In: Science fiction film and television v12 n3 Autumn 2019  Pages: 373-380
Title: evolution of the ideaAuthor: Chambliss, Julian C.Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: A review essay of 'Black Panther' (2018).


Books held in BFI Reuben Library (2)
Title: art of Ruth E. Carter: costuming black history and the Afrofuture, from Do the Right Thing to Black Panther
Author: Carter, Ruth E.  Pages: 152 pages

Title: Black Panther: interrogating a cultural phenomenon
Author: McSweeney, Terence  Pages: ix, 242 pages