BLACK PANTHER is director Ryan Coogler’s take on a modern African hero and a utopian vision of what an uncolonized Africa might look like. The film explores the conflict between two powerful men, one African and one African-American, who are mirror images of each other, each grappling with his own history, home and very identity. When Prince T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) becomes king of the hidden, technologically advanced kingdom Wakanda, he is forced to defend his throne against rogue mercenary Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan). Wakanda is also alive with strong, intelligent women — from Wakanda’s elite all-female security force, led by Lupita Nyong’o and Danai Gurira, to T’Challa's own tech-savvy sister (Letitia Wright) and mother (Angela Bassett) — who are portrayed as equals to the men they protect and advise.

From a screenplay written by Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole, BLACK PANTHER also stars Forest Whitaker, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Winston Duke, Sterling K. Brown and Andy Serkis.