BLACK PANTHER: Killmonger Wanted to Burn It ALL Down

BLACK PANTHER: Killmonger Wanted to Burn It ALL Down

This week on Black Deth 101, Nubius Black and Johnny Deth head to Wakanda for Ryan Coogler’s 2018 blockbuster, Black Panther.

We look at the film’s cultural impact, Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa, Michael B. Jordan’s unforgettable Erik Killmonger, and the conflict at the heart of the movie: what responsibility does Wakanda have to the rest of the Black world?

Killmonger has real grievances. He sees injustice, abandonment, and a powerful nation that chose isolation while people who looked like him suffered around the globe. But having a point doesn’t make him the hero. His answer isn’t liberation — it’s conquest, revenge, and burning the whole system down.

We also take a trip back to America in 2016–2018, the political and cultural climate surrounding the film, what audiences were watching at the time, and why Black Panther became much more than another superhero movie.

Plus: Wakanda, Afrofuturism, the women of the Dora Milaje, the soundtrack, the performances, and why this movie became a genuine cultural event.

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Let us know in the comments: Was Killmonger right about the problem, even if his solution was completely wrong?

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