On Tuesday 20 October at 19:00 we are hosting a screening of Black Panther. The screening will take place at The Gulbenkian Cinema and a panel discussion will take place afterwards.
On the panel will be Aldo Manella – Vice President for Student Engagement for Kent Union, Stephen Kamara – 2019-20 BAME Network Chair for Kent Union and Maurizio Cinquegrani – Senior Lecturer in Film for the School of Arts.
Black Panther is an American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character. It’s a movie about what it means to be Black in both America and Africa—and, more broadly, in the world.
Rather than dodge complicated themes about race and identity, the film grapples head-on with the issues affecting modern-day black life. It has been lauded as the first mega-budget movie to have a Black director and predominantly Black cast.
Its themes challenge institutional bias, its characters take unsubtle digs at oppressors, and its narrative includes prismatic perspectives on black life and tradition.