ruth carter: i have worked with spike lee for 14 films, i think-- 12, 14 films. i do consider him my first mentor in the film business, because he was the one that told me how to be prepared for what we were going to shoot. and as we grew together and did films like "malcolm x" and "mo better blues" and "do the right thing," we discovered that we both have a desire to tell authentic stories about black lives. my favorite film that i designed for would be "malcolm x." i had five floors of the costumes. it was like the "malcolm x" department store, where the '20s was at the ground floor and it went all the way up to the '60s. i was young. we were all eager. we were all really psyched about telling the story of malcolm x. i've had steven spielberg tell me he enjoyed that film.t, his dad took him to see malcolm x, and he remembered the costumes. danielle robay: ruth worked with steven spielberg on 1997's "amistad," and in 2016, she met with ryan coogler to discuss working on marvel's newest superhero film. ruth carter: ryan felt that the work i had been doing was dre

ruth carter: it's collective, it's collaborative,orativ. within that collaboration, there's passion, there's drive, there's hunger. and those are the real elements that make an award winning production, because when you put the emotion behind it, when you put the purpose behind it, everyone who sees it can feel it. oh, i love her. every time i see her on screen, she just-- she vibrates. and it's not just the craft that makes her so inspiring, it's really the stories she tells and the way she's blazing a trail for the next generation. coming up after the break, we stop by a prop house creating some of the most iconic items ever to be seen on screen. stay tuned. ♪ ♪ ♪ why do you build me up, build me up... ♪ ♪ buttercup... ♪ ♪ baby just to let me down! ♪ ♪ let me down! ♪ ♪ and mess me around... ♪ ♪ and worst of all, worst of all ♪ if you ride, you get it. geico motorcycle. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. welcome back to first look's 2021 awards season special. geico motorcycle. i'm danielle robay. and i'm tim kash. wit

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ruth carter who has worked on so many amazing movies including "black panther."1988 and received an oscar for her work on "black panther" and finished working on "coming 2 america," and here we have some special guests coming up. >> well, yes, we do, lara, yes, we do. we have eddie murphy and his daughter bella. they're coming up in our next half hour. you got to see "coming 2 america." >> i will be watching. >> so happy for ruth. so well deserved. so well deserved. >>> so very well deserved. i want to tell you guys the story of a college rivalry. it started when a good samaritan left a thousand dollar tip in a cafe in cincinnati with a note saying please share this with all your employees as they work so hard dealing with covid. go, xavier. well, the burger joint shared that act of kindness on their facebook page and a few days later a rebuttal. another thousand dollar tip left the keystone bar and grill with a note that read, well, earlier i saw a xavier fan tip a thousand dollar at zip's. i believe now more than ever we have to take care of our servers and loc