In ‘Black Panther 2’ One Scene Celebrates and Commemorates
Grieving Chadwick Boseman’s death, the “Black Panther” creative team transferred fragments of their sorrow onto a signature funeral sequence. Roughly 400 costumed cast members and some 400 crew members. Dozens of makeup artists and 100 wigs. In “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ,” the production team was tasked with memorializing not only the country’s fearless leader King T’Challa, but also the actor Chadwick Boseman, who shook up the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Black Panther. And the team did so with a swiftness. Minutes into the movie , tribes across Wakanda unite in celebratory dance and song, dressed in white beads and fabrics, as members of the Dora Milaje carry T’Challa to the ancestral plane. As the film progresses, the nation is faced with external challenges from above and below the sea, and Shuri, played by Letitia Wright, must grapple with a renewed responsibility to protect her homeland while mourning the brother she has lost. The director Ryan Coogler and his creative tea