South African Audience Celebrates 'black Panther'

Rusty Blazenhoff, Boing Boing
Mon, 02/19/2018 - 5:12am

After a Friday night screening of Black Panther, Marvel's new film that celebrates African culture and pride, a group of South African moviegoers ecstatically danced outside of the theater. That celebratory vibe was felt here in California too. My daughter and I saw the movie in Alameda at its first showing Thursday evening and the energy in the room was wild!

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