His four-year battle with cancer is a testament to how much of a superhero he truly was. Boseman filmed major Hollywood productions between secret cancer treatments and doctors’ visits. Boseman’s final film, an adaptation of playwright August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. Boseman died shortly before filming started on the Black Panther sequel, “Wakanda Forever,” in which the hidden African nation mourns the loss of their king and battles outside forces. Black Panther is the first superhero of African descent to appear in mainstream American comics, and the film itself is the first major cinematic production based on the character. Black Panther illustrates the progression of blacks in film, an industry that in the past has overlooked blacks, or regulated them to flat, onedimensional and marginalized figures. The film, like the museum, provides a fuller story of black culture and identity. Reflections about the meaning and impact of Black Panther will be included in Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures, an exhibition opening in March 2023. This exhibition will explore Afrofuturism’s historic and poignant engagement with African American intellectual history and popular culture. -Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture Begin your fascinating journey here https://www.searchablemuseum.com/blackpanther-suit
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