i'm going with that also. i'm out of time. look at some of the leaks tonight are worth taking a look at. i'm sure we will talk about it tonight. that does it for us tonight. thank you. i hate all of you. i'm kidding. it was very nice. we will be back next week. i lived my entire life waiting for this moment. >> it's an unprecedented super hero movie that thrills audiences. >> we put our blood, sweat and tears into that movie, into these characters. i felt like we knew we had something special. >> "black panther" sparked a conversation about race, equality and culture in a polarized nation. >> to have a movie that is about morality at a time when morality is under attack all over our

country, the audience said, thank you. >> as far as stakes for a movie you are making, it's as high as it can go. >> what makes "black panther" resonate? >> it was deeper than a movie for every single one of us. >> me too is happening and inclusion and oscar so white. these were issues around us. >> it was able to address all those questions in a way that was both thought provoking and entertaining. >> a power struggle that feels univers universal. >> when we start to show perspectives that are forgotten, invisible, ignored, people respond. >> a fantastic kingdom that speaks to the real world. >> it's broken so many walls that's been up for years that people may have thought could never be taken down.

>> the black panther. its impact was immediate and revolutionary. today, the film's influence continues to grow. >> i don't know everything that's been sparked because it has a life of its own. >> "black panther" is a long time coming. people were hungry for it. they have created phenomenon out of it. >> now ranked in the exclusive club of billion dollar block busters, the success sparks a larger question. how did a super hero movie help to shatter long held minuyths at race and culture in america?

>> it didn't feel revolutionary when we were making it. it's the audience telling us its revolutionary. >> people all around the world are responding to it. the fact that you can have black people at the center of a narrative, people of color and that they can be relatable to everybody, that's a shift. >> nobody could guess that it would do exactly what it's been doing. i've never seen hype for a movie to that level before. it almost never lives up to the hype. this time it did. >> the phenomenon that becomes "black panther" gets under way in january 2016 when marvel studios announces ryan coogler will helm their latest super hero epic. at the time, he is just 29 years old with two feature films under his belt. nothing on the scale of a $200 million movie. >> it's motivating and terri

terrifying. you don't want to mess up. when i got the call, i was excited but also it was complicated. it was a title i knew would come up with a lot of pressure. >> from the start, coogler tells the studio he has a specific vision for "black panther." he wanted to reflect real world experiences of what it means to be african in america. coogler says his own journey of self-awareness began as a child in oakland, california. >> i walked into my local coloring shop when i was in middle school. i asked if they had coloring books about black people. they pointed me to "black panther." that was the first time. >> raised with strong family roots, coogler was young when his parents first told him about the treatment he might face based on the color of his skin. >> that conversation is a tough one. my parents told me, look, you are black, you are

african-american, for a kid you go, what does that mean. why are we here? the conversation about slavery has to come up. that's a concept once you have that conversation, it's not really going back from that. to balance subject matter that is as heavy as human bondage and transport, you have to answer the question what was life like before that. as i got older, the conversation, they were gearing me towards this feeling, i didn't know it at the time but i know now. >> this film offers an opportunity for us to look at the wealth of our heritage without the assault that colonialism was. >> queen mother, princess. >> the very idea of this film came from ryan wanting to face

his relationship with the word african in his identity. >> while growing up in kenya, this actor says she never saw anyone who looked like her on the screen. >> i was starved of my own story, of my own image. when you are met with images that do not reflect your very self, you start to undervalue yourself, albeit subconsciously. so i recognized then that there was an insecurity that was growing inside me because i was not actually reflecting on my own experience or the experience of my people. >> chadwick bozeman grew up in south carolina with the same sense of feeling unrepresented. >> i remember those moments as a child, that wrestler is black, this athlete is black. you definitely have this thing where you see someone that looks like you doing amazing things

where you gravitate towards that. that's a feeling i wish i had when i was a kid. >> the filmmakers take their life experiences and translate them into an authentic and relatable story of a black super hero. >> really? the black panther. >> there is this ambivalent and complicated relationship between black identity and american citizenship. one that's mediated by two centuries of slavery, a century of jim crow, all the various life, health, political, economic disparities between black and white in this country to this day. >> hollywood has never made an authentically african movie with a majority black cast on this scale, leaving some to wonder,

is it too risky. >> there's so many ways to fail. there's so many pitfalls that you can fall into. >> i think there are a lot of suppositions when you have a film that's predominantly black or african cast. those suppositions were proven wrong pretty quickly. >> to fulfill his vision of "black panther," coogler has a personal request for marvel studios. >> it started from our filmmaker. he was very concerned about getting it right. ryan says, i want to make films about things i'm curious about. i have never been to africa. i'm curious about the continent. can i go? of course you can go. >> the biggest question i wanted to solve was what does it mean to be african. >> coming up, a director's

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in march 2016, driven by the question of what it means to be african, black panther director ryan coogler embarks on a solo journey to the continent of africa. >> i thought the instant comradery, they look like my, move the same, talk the same. it was like i was back home for a split second. it left me forever changes when i realized that. >> landing in cape town, south africa, coogler falls in love with the language of a clan.

>> it sounded so amazing to me. i wondered if they made it up for the movie. no. that's a real language. >> coogler goes to a remote mountainous nation where he is struck by an idea that will live at the heart of the film. >> it's a nation you never hear about. it was a place that the people don't hear about. it has some interesting mountain ridges and they keep it closed off. >> on final stop of his journey, coogler gets an intimate look at life in kenya. >> he called me up and said i want to go to kenya. so i hooked him up with my family and friends. >> her family was amazing. very connected politically there. we spent time together and talked political structure, what it would be like if it was the real deal. >> for ryan, being there during

that came into our world. he was able to choose from a variety of different cultures all around africa. it's an amalgamation of specific things from the cultures that signified the beauty. even this came from i believe ancient egyptian. >> it helped to guide him towards the central thought of the film, an african character and an african-american character and the pain of being so distanced from where you are from. >> he returns home. >> it changed me for the better. it awakened passions in me. >> coogler's experience helps bring everything to life.

>> there was a time where africa was more advanced than the rest of the world. what if that never got lost? >> reginald was a creator of the animated television show. >> what if we didn't have colonial people that put people in chains and destroyed their language, their culture? what if you kept going with that cultural head start? >> the representations of africa that we see are often from somebody else's perspective. so often as africans, we're not able to make our own myth. we get somebody else's version. often, those are damaging. >> ryan coogler created an imaginary version of africa. it was advanced and so on. >> "black panther" is more than 50 years in the making, creating by stan lee and his partner jack

kirby amid the sufficient iunre 1960s before others involved with the movie are even born. >> there were black characters before that. mainly embarrassing, stereotypical things. they did the first black character who wasn't stereotypical. he was noble. he was cool. he was smart. that attitude that the black panther is the best resonated with readers of all races. >> in an unusual coincidence, the "black panther" comic and the "black panther" party came into being in 1966. >> the black panther party has evolved itself from the all previous levels of black people. >> it's clear nobody was copying each other. they were each doing their own thing. >> the comic book reflected shifting attitudes towards race in a society grappling with painful truth about the african-american experience. >> we intend to march.

>> the comic embraced bold and controversial story lines, including one in which black panther battled the kkk. >> the beauty, the pomp and circumstance intrigued me. >> in the early 1990s, wesley snipes tried bringing "black panther" to the screen. >> that was so much tense at that time period. >> around the time he hoped to make the movie, that tension exploded into riots after four lapd officers were acquitted in the beating of rodney king. >> i thought it would be a good thing to take a project like "black panther," which would be the antithesis of how africa was depicted, how the black community was depicted and african-americans in this country were perceived. >> after some initial interest, the studios passed on the project. >> when it didn't happen, i was kind of like, okay, i kind of

accepted it. it's the name of the game. >> instead, snipes moved on playing a half immortal vampire slayer. >> well, if i can't be a king, i will be a black vampire. seems like it makes sense to me. perfect parallel. >> in the meantime, 12-year-old ryan coogler was in oakland where he dreamed about playing in the nfl. >> playing football from the time i was 8 to the time i was 21 to my freshman year of college, i met a credit writing teacher i was taking. she recommended i get into writing movies instead. through her advice, it stuck with me. >> guided by his teacher's words, coogler set his sights on usc's film school. by the time he finished in 2011, he had made several award winning shorts, determined to create movies that dealt

honestly with the black experience. his featured directorial debut was fruitvale station. >> sit down. >> be cool. >> coogler recruited michael b. jordan to start in the film. >> i read the script twice. cried each time. man, this is the character i want to play. especially because i was in the beginning of a string -- it was things that escalated. >> it was a breakout hit at sundance where the 26-year-old netted grand jury and audience awards. >> it's been a whirlwind. i wanted the story to get told. >> when coogler came up with the idea for his rocky series spinoff, he again turned to jordan to play the lead.

>> every punch has been on my own. nobody showed me how to do this. >> we have a shorthand. we have a level of communication that makes filming easy. we almost kind of know what we are both thinking. we can do a couple grunts and a look. this and that and we're right back into it. he is my original piece. he is behind the camera, i'm in front of the camera. we do what we do. >> with "black panther," coogler and jordan would team up again. embarking on their most ambitious and influential collaboration. >> fruitvale station and creed and "black panther."

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turning the "black panther" concept into a reality. >> i would like to say it was a huge casting discussion and we talked about a million names. the truth was we talked about one name, chadwick. it was based on his work in "42." >> bozeman is known for playing figures in the african-american figure. including the first black supreme court justice thurgood marshall. the god father of soul, james brown there "get on up." the opportunity to play "black panther" takes him by surprise. >> i was on a press tour doing "get on up." i was headed to the red carpet. my agent called me. my agent is like, hey, marvel wants to talk to you. i'm literally about to get out of the car and get on the red carpet. as soon as you get off, you know, be ready. >> we brought him into the office. we pitched him the movie. i remember him saying at the end

of the pitch, oh, i thought ufs i was a cameo. yeah, this is a big deal. >> in january 2016, marvel makes it official, director ryan coogler is on board. >> hiring ryan could be seen as risky. he was 29, which sounds crazy. when i think about it is crazy. he is a mature filmmaker. >> i felt tremendous pressure taking on this film. stakes were high from the history of the character, people's passion for it. the amount of faith that the studio was putting in me. >> with the studio's support, coogler brings together an eclectic cast from all corners of the africa and beyond to fulfill his vision. >> you have trinidad and tobago, kenya/mexico. you have got the united states. you've got london by way of

other african countries. you literally have the entire diaspora. >> this is a complex and advanced society populated with powerful female heroins. >> why is it different from other places? the role of women in the african communities is major. we wanted to play homage to that. >> so often we see women defined by somebody else. this is a chance to see you strong, smart, capable, sexy, loving, all of that together. >> i signed on before seeing the script. it was kind of like, i saw where it was going. i felt in my spirit it was going to be good. >> the idea of being able to tell this type of story is everything to me. i always wanted to give more space and voice to the african

narrative on the global stage. it was literally like, am i dreaming. >> the level of faith that you need to dive into this film with wasn't the same as other properties that you might get into. we had more ownership of the story we were creating. >> in hollywood, coogler's strong vision comes with a challenge. >> i know there is an idea as a for instance the film might struggle internationally. that was never something we thought was a real hurdle. >> as coogler develops the story with the co-writer, he regularly consults the cast about the story's progression. >> ryan really invited us not just to play our role but to contribute to the formation of the story, the unfolding of the story. >> i never saw ryan kind of brush away an idea. he was always receptive to

hearing more and learning more. >> the production team wants to do the same. so in the summer of 2016, coogler returns to africa, this time taking key members along. >> it was a shared experience that we all were having. it was an experience. the last time i was there, i was there by myself. i would look at these places and go, is it just me or is it the most beautiful thing i have ever seen. i came back with my crew, some folks were having the same emotional reaction to the place. it was quite gratifying. >> as the pieces of what will become the culture come together, other members of the "black pantherteam take their own individual journeys. >> i got to senegal and went on a one-week tour in small villages and just recorded all these musicians i met.

>> the music, i mean, hip hop has really, really influenced a lot of african music, as much as african music has influenced hip hop. it's this kind of african peoples influencing and inspiring other people. >> costume designer ruth carter draws inspiration from at least ten african tribes. >> throughout the process, i fell in love with so many aspects of all of the different cultures around africa. the neck rings, arm rings is directly from that. this beautiful silver and you have a blending of modern pieces with tribal african. >> initially, we hoped to shoot part of the film in africa. i know ryan was very emotional when we had to tell him the

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after months of around the clock preparation in l.a., ryan coogler shifts his operation and his family east to begin filming. >> i was basically moving my new wife, my baby brother who works with me and my other younger brother who we all moved to atlanta. we were going at it at an intense time. >> thank you. thank you. thank you. in two days, we are going to win back the white house. >> indeed, coogler's first shoot day, january 21, 2017, is the day after donald trump becomes president. managing a $200 million budget and creating a realistic version

of africa on an atlanta sound stage puts coogler under an enormous amount of pressure. >> the scope of the project, the amount of people looking at you every day, you know what i'm saying, is -- it's a lot. >> he would come to me and say, hey, you know, if this doesn't do well, you know, you can still work again. this is it for me. you know? i would be like, i don't know. i don't think i could work again after this either. >> beyond the huge scale of the production, coogler and his cast and crew are driven by one idea. "black panther" has to be authentic. >> the whole cast was just sort of like, we have to make sure that it's not just a super hero movie. we have to make sure that there is a sense of africa in everything that we do. >> i live on the african continent. i see traditional cultural

expressions all the time. i had never seen it elevated in this way. >> at the core of the film is a clash between two cousins. a product of the black diaspora and an african king about the role of the area in a world that has oppressed and enslaved their people for centuries. they think it best to retreat from the world to preserve the power and purity. >> he is basically isolationist, which is what this kingdom has been all of its history. it has to be removed from world affairs for its own survival. >> i'm staying in your house. >> the other wants to use the power to avenge centuries of injustice and free his people. >> i want the thrown.

>> he has this vision that is liberating. he is saying, we as oppressed people have to stand up and defend ourselves. a harkening to malcolm x. >> in the preclude to the fight scene, he tells his cousin that violence is not a remedy for injustice. >> throw down your weapon and we can handle this another way. >> we all oscillated between the two. we all oscillated. it was some days when i felt squarely with one and the other days when i felt scarily with the other. often, it had a lot to do with my reaction to what were going on in the real world. >> coogler's insistence on tackling race injustice reminds the cast that they are working on something special.

>> it was something deeper than a movie for i think just about every single one of us. >> you didn't seem to have a problem when he was thrown. >> it was the king's challenge. >> you wanted him to lose. >> it was about addressing something we had all yearned for. even addressing a healing. >> there were moments we looked at each other like, this is happening. moments where we were all on the huge set of the warrior falls and just taking in the different colors and vibrancy and just having a moment like, man, this is our people. >> the actors say despite a demanding shoot schedule, they all felt part of a community tasked with a special purpose. sglt b >> the beauty of the set was how collaborative it was. we felt an ownership because there was so much collaboration and so much respect around the

best idea and the best solution. >> the cast gives full credit to coogler for fostering a nurturing environment. >> he treated me with respect and love. i will always hold on to that. >> you sure it's a good idea to take your ex on a mission? >> he would encourage me and tell me i've got it. hey, you've got this. just to trust him. >> you will be fine. you will be back out. >> the beautiful energy that man brings and the astounding work he does to create this very cohesive world really felt you were always helmed by excellence. >> as the shoot draws to a close, an actor likens the production process to the experience of giving birth to a child. >> i said this has been an extremely intense pregnancy. this baby i think is going to be extremely beautiful.

i said that the last day we shot. >> that's a picture wrap on "black panther." [ applause ] >> by late 2017, after many months of editing, coogler completes work on "black panther." now there's only one thing left to do. see how the world responds. >> i felt like i had done everything i could. it's up to the audience. is dente cope with... a steak. luckily for brad, this isn't a worry becae he's discovered super poligrip. it holds his denture tight and helps give him 65% more chewing power. leaving brad to dig in and enjoy the tastiest of t-bones. super poligrip, helping you enjoy the foods you love.

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starts to build. among both the filmmakers and the public. >> there was a lot of expectation. but there was also the sense that anything is possible. which was exciting. because we had no idea what we were walking into. >> we were nervous but again, the groundswell we were hearing on twitter, the stuff we were hearing anecdotally made us less nervous. we realized people were i objected interested in and looking for positive representations. >> after the release of "black panther's" first trailer, eager fans flood social media. >> the gifts and social media and the social networks with fans posting to what they were going to wear to dance videos to just that social network culture really took it over and mad it an made it huge. >>es" says not

since spike lee's "malcolm x" in 1992 has there been so much hype and hope for a movie among african-american audiences. this video of two excited fans has been viewed almost 3 million times. >> this is what white people get to feel all the time. >> all the time. all the time. >> it's the beginning of cinema. you feel empowered like this. and represented. >> in early january 2018, 12-time grammy award winning rapper and songwriter kendrick lamar releases "all the stars" the lead single from the "black panther" soundtrack. >> he and i have been trying to work together for a long time. when the opportunity came for this, i thought he would be perfect for it. >> it was something ryan put together through his relationship. kendrick was a great partner because he came in, watched footage went away and wrote songs specific to our movie.

>> a grass-roots campaign called the "black panther" challenge is launched to give deserving kids the opportunity to see the upcoming release. >> if you can send a kid in your neighborhood to go see "black panther" -- >> celebrities pitch in to help. the campaign ultimately raises nearly a million dollars. kids from the boys and girls club of harlem appear on ellen's show. >> i just want to say, it's amazing to see someone with the same skin color of me to be on such a big movie. i love the avengers. i can't wait to see you on the big screen. >> we put our blood, sweat and tears into that movie, into these characters. the entire cast. i felt like we knew we had something special. >> on january 8, almost six weeks before the release, advance tickets go on sale.

promptly set a new record for any marvel film. then just three days later, the stormy political climate collides head-on when president trump makes headlines. >> using vulgar language, president trump questions why the united states would law people from haiti and africa into the country. describing those places using an expletive while suggesting people from norway might be more acceptable. >> i think it came le a perfect time, perfect time when we wer speing truth to power. when we're asking to be seen for who we are. no matter the gender, no matter the race, no matter where you come from. >> this yours? >> within a month, an a facebook

group called for a campaign to flood the rotten tomato film website with negative reviews of "black panther." the next day, facebook shuts the group down. >> there's always going to be some people who see any progressive black movement as anti-white. that just speaks to an extraordinary sense of insecurity. >> on january 29, the "black panther" filmmakers gather in hollywood for the world premiere held at the dolby theater. >> i felt like i had done everything i could. i felt like my team had done everything that they could. i felt like everybody left it all on the field. >> the event is above all a celebration of black artistry. >> i was super nervous. there was moments i thought i was going to faint.

my team was holding me up. they didn't know i wanted to faint. i felt really like, man, this is make or break. >> cast, crew and guests walk a majestic purple carpet, wearing dazzling african-themed fashion. >> i'm really nervous. the work is done. now you show it and hope people are into it. you know what i mean? >> cast members sense that they and their industry may be poised on the leading edge of a wave of profound social change. >> this could be a shift in popular culture. hopefully, it changes the again idea of what being an african is. too often times we see africa as a place that's wanting. here it's a place you want to go. >> it's beautiful.

>> with the domestic release days away, "black panther" will finally face the ultimate test, the movie going public. >> i felt it would be a strong response. did i know it was as strong as it was? i don't think anybody could anticipate that. i felt like there was going to be a strong response. i felt like it was going to be something we would be deeply proud of. to be something we were going to be deeply proud of. >> coming up, "black panther" takes the world by storm. >> the world responded because it was authentic. we're in a time where authenticity is everything. ager. my dad- he always gave me two pieces of advice. one was to always be humble. and the second was to always do the right thing. now that i'm the new ceo of uber, i've taken that advice to heart. and i'm using that advice to change our company. moving forward, we're taking into consideration what's good for our driver partners, our riders, and the cities that we operate in. and it's going to make us a much, much better service.

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>> and it doesn't just exceed expectations. it obliterates them. >> "black panther" proved to be an even bigger smash hit than expected. >> in the first four days of its domestic release, "black panther" brings in nearly $250 million. >> my king. >> stop it. stop it. >> beyond the box office, the film continues to build as a national phenomenon, and something more. >> i honestly feel that when we start to show perspectives that are forgotten, invisible, ignored, people respond, and that's what "black panther" did. and it did not compromise on anything. it is just as much of a spectacle as any other superhero film. >> this viral video shows the

spontaneous scene terron clark academy in atlanta after middle school kids find out they're off to see "black panther." >> we're so thirsty for imagery of ourselves. we're so thirsty for relief of the psychological oppression. thirsty for inspiration. whenever it comes, we rush to it. plus, it's on a screen that's, you know, 100 feet high, some 80 feet wide. oh, my god! >> all over the country, movie goers arrive in "black panther" inspired garb. theaters add show times to accommodate the crowd. >> it was incredible. just seeing the reaction to young kids and the younger generation and the older generation that's seeing cinema for so long but never got a chance to see themselves on screen, and never got a chance

to have that experience. i was honored to be part of the storytelling them. >> many were inspired by the depiction of a black superhero who is fully human. >> if you freeze -- >> it would -- the headlights. re finished? >> i feel moved by the audience's response to it, you know, that people feel the way they feel and express that, you know, in a positive manner. it feels deeply, deeply rewarding. >> four days after the film's u.s. debut, director ryan coogler releases a heart felt thank you letter to fans that's posted on twitter. >> winter is february. it's not like a summer movie where the weather is good. people were trudging through blizzards. we want to extend our thanks and let people know how much it means. >> rave reviews and ecstatic

word of mouth keep the box office surging. people go back to see "black panther" again and again. >> the phenomenon of people seeing this film two, three, four times -- i've seen it four times -- and i'm not the only one of my friends who have seen it that many times -- meant that it really touched upon something that we rarely get a chance to talk about. >> the film's popularity continues its meteoric rise, working its way into pop culture. wakanda's king even makes an appearance on saturday night live. >> this is so exciting. all the way from wakanda, it's tachana. [ cheers and applause ] >> greetings. >> i am a big fan of this program. [ laughter ] >> this might be the black est black jeopardy yet. >> after an international release, "black panther" rockets past the $1 billion mark. in mid april, it opens in

riyadh, saudi arabia, becoming the first movie to be shown in a commercial theater after the kingdom lifted a 35-year ban on public screening. >> the idea that black films don't travel is a very long-standing piece of mythology. and i say mythology because, you know, people who actually crunch numbers and do the math, it actually doesn't hold up as an idea. >> it shattered that belief. it's shattered that, like, false narrative. it's proving that black narratives are worthy of celebration, worthy of being disseminated. it's proving that black narratives are profitable. >> it's just a film that's broken boundaries and broken so many walls that's been up for years, that people may have thought could never be, you know, taken down. >> "black panther" has already

changed the game in hollywood. and for countless fans around the globe, it also signals a major cultural shift. >> i had a conversation with a woman in london and she was thanking me for the movie. she was talking to me about how she has to heal some wounds about her connection to her heritage. that to me is at the core of what great storytelling can do, is when it can actually help people face things that bring them to a greater place in themselves. >> after watching "black panther," it made me think back to like what would my 10-year-old self, what impact would it have made on me if i watched something like this. it would have inspired me to dream bigger. >> this movie has gone on to break a lot of records, and i hope with the records that it's broken, all these statistics that are coming up, it has broken the records in our heads.

>> being able to make a project about this question of my own identity and the identity of my family and the identity of my ancestors, being able to do that at this scale, at this time, you know, it's just a gift that i think that i'll be processing for the rest of my life. /s ♪ ♪ good evening. rachel is off tonight and we're on assignment in jerusalem. today we all watched harvey weinstein led off in handcuffs. obviously that's not how he wanted things to end. and he took steps to prevent it. he hired a company based here in israel called black cube. it's a private