Digital film still of Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A digital film still of Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler on the set of the film Black Panther.

The two are pictured in conversation with each other on an outdoor set. Michael B. Jordan is on the left side of the image. He is dressed as the character Killmonger, wearing a long, black, knitted jacket over a flesh-covered chest piece with raised scarification dots across the chest and torso. He also wears a gold necklace with panther claws and a kimoyo bead bracelet on his left wrist. A machete and a spear are attached to his back. He is turned towards Coogler, and gesturing with his hands held outward. Coogler wears a black t-shirt and black baseball cap, with earbuds and a Motherland cast and crew identification badge around his neck, his hands down at his sides. Behind them to the left side of the image, a blue and grey set piece is visible, with an actor in a Dora Milaje costume. Other crew members and actors are on the right side, under a b;ue sky with a tree line in the distance.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2017
• Photograph by: Matt Kennedy
• Produced by: Marvel Worldwide, Inc., American, founded 1939
• Directed by: Ryan Kyle Coogler, American, born 1986
• Distributed by: The Walt Disney Company, American, founded 1923
• Subject of: Michael B. Jordan, American, born 1987
• Subject of: Ryan Kyle Coogler, American, born 1986
• Subject of: Ruth E. Carter, American, born 1960
• Type: film stills
• Type: digital images
• Type: digital media - born digital
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: H x W: 4000 pixels × 6000 pixels
• Dimensions: File size: 69.73 MB
• Place captured: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Comics and graphic novels
• Topic: Entertainers
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Hollywood (Film)
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2018.39.3.13
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Marvel Studios and The Walt Disney Company, © Marvel/ Matt Kennedy
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Marvel/ Matt Kennedy Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.