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The film rights to Namor are complicated, but there’s a path forward.

Taking cues from Afrofuturism, the film highlights the legacy of Mesoamerican culture destroyed by colonization

As someone who teaches and writes about Afrofuturism, I’ve been eagerly awaiting the release of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” I’m particularly excited about the introduction of Namor and the hidden kingdom of Talokan, which he leads.

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Strong performances of grief in Ryan Coogler’s follow-up are laced with real and palpable pain

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The death of leading man Chadwick Boseman left big shoes to fill, but Wakanda Forever doesn’t recast or conjure King T’Challa, instead expanding the story-world of the original.

A big, rangy Marvel follow-up — made without the grand presence of Chadwick Boseman, who died two years after “Black Panther” came out in 2018 — “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” acknowledges the loss of both King T’Challa and the actor who played him with a grave and moving extended prologue.…

2018’s “Black Panther” wasn’t just a wild success, it was an axis-shifting historically significant moment — the first major comic book movie featuring a Black superhero, it was the first superhero movie to be nominated for Best Picture, and it won three Oscars, for its score, production design and costumes.…