Digital film still of Ryan Coogler, Lupita Nyong'o, and Chadwick Boseman: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A digital film still of Ryan Coogler, Lupita Nyong'o, and Chadwick Boseman on the set of the film Black Panther.

The three are pictured in an interior set of a room with horizontal wooden panels interspersed with strips of light and skylights above. Boseman and Nyong'o are seated on a beige bench on the right side of the image, with Coogler standing and looking towards them on the left side. Boseman, dressed as the character Black Panther, wears the Black Panther suit with panther claw necklace and v-shaped paneling on the torso. His proper left hand rests on his left knee, which is bent slightly with his foot propped on a low, futuristic table in front of him. The Black Panther helmet rests on the table. Boseman's proper right hand is beind held with both hands by N'yongo. Dressed as the character Nakia, N'yongo wears a turquoise green head wrap, brown shirt, and grey ripped jeans. Her legs are crossed at the ankles. She is looking towards Coogler. Coogler wears a brown sweatshirt, ripped blue jeans, and blue shoe coverings over red and black high top sneakers. His hands are down at his sides.

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: Ryan Kyle Coogler, American, born 1986
• Subject of: Chadwick Boseman, American, 1977 - 2020
• Subject of: Lupita Amondi Nyong'o, Mexican Kenyan, born 1983
• 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: 2018.39.3.21
• 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.