Excited for Black Panther? So are we. Which is why we’re rolling out obsessive coverage with Black Panther Week.
Contrary to the Gill Scott Heron/Vince Staples track scorching the Black Panther trailer, this movie’s revolution will be televised…
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‘Black Panther’ is a huge victory for representation in film
Excited for Black Panther? So are we. Which is why we’re rolling out obsessive coverage with Black Panther Week.
Contrary to the Gill Scott Heron/Vince Staples track scorching the Black Panther trailer, this movie’s revolution will be televised…
Netflix’s ‘Altered Carbon’ cast on the power of representation
In Netflix’s Altered Carbon, anyone can be anyone. A dead child can be brought back to life in an adult body; a wife whose husband misses her dearly can return to him in the form of another man.
That’s how the show’s main protagonist, Takeshi Kovacs — who was born into the body of an Asian man — is portrayed for most of the show in the white male body of Joel Kinnaman (House of Cards). Despite this controversial decision, Altered Carbon boasts a diverse cast. There’s Kovacs’ love interest Quell (Renee Elise Goldsberry), his confidante Martha (Maria Higareda), his sister Reileen (Dichen Lachman), and Kovacs’ original avatar, played by Will Yun Lee. Read more…
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