Digital film still of Kasumba, Bassett, and Wright on the set of Black Panther
date: label: Date
content: 2017
name: label: Photograph by
content: Matt Kennedy
label: Produced by
content: Marvel Worldwide, Inc., American, founded 1939
label: Directed by
content: Ryan Kyle Coogler, American, born 1986
label: Distributed by
content: The Walt Disney Company, American, founded 1923
label: Subject of
content: Florence Kasumba, Ugandan, born 1976
label: Subject of
content: Angela Bassett, American, born 1958
label: Subject of
content: Letitia Michelle Wright, Guyanese British, born 1993
label: Subject of
content: Ruth E. Carter, American, born 1960
notes: label: Description
content: A digital film still of the actresses Florence Kasumba, Angela Bassett, and Letitia Wright during the filming of the movie Black Panther.
label: Description
content: Florence Kasumba, as the character Ayo, is on the left side of the image, wearing a Dora Milaje costume. The costume is red and gold with intricately beaded tabard in red, brown, and gold. Leather bands surround the chest, waist, and hips. She wears silver armor plates on her shoulders and a necklace and arm bands of stacked silver rings in the style of the Ndebele tribe's idzila. She holds an upright spear in her proper right hand.
label: Description
content: Angela Bassett, as the character Ramonda, is in the center of the image. She is wearing a white crown in the style of a traditional Zulu basket hat, a white dress with metallic threading, and an intricate white filigree mantle. She also wears earrings in the shape of a woman's profile, a bracelet with white quartz crystal pendants, and silver rings. Her hands are clasped in front of her.
label: Description
content: Letitia Wright, as the character Shuri, is on the right side of the image. She is wearing her braided hair in two buns on either side of her head. She is wearing a choker necklace made of shells and has tattoos on her proper right wrist and hand. She is wearing a grey sweatshirt with tan, elbow-length bell sleeves with buckles. On the front of the sweatshirt is a black oval with a silver Adinkra symbol for "purpose" on it. She wears pleated silver glitter pants. At her waist is a tan belt with buckles on either side.
label: Description
content: All three women wear bracelets of kimoyo beads on their left wrists. They are standing in front of a blue wall.
place: label: Place captured
content: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Comics and graphic novels
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Hollywood (Film)
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Photography
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Marvel Studios and The Walt Disney Company, © Marvel/ Matt Kennedy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.39.3.6
objectType: label: Type
content: film stills
label: Type
content: digital images
label: Type
content: digital media - born digital
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Marvel/ Matt Kennedy
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 3264 pixels × 4896 pixels
label: Dimensions
content: File size: 46.78 MB