Black Churches Host Screenings of ‘Black Panther’ | Sojourners

Black Churches Host Screenings of ‘Black Panther’

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Black youth get tired of seeing negative depictions of people of their own race in movies, said Gary, who wore a yellow and brown African dress to the movie showing. “When we found out that this was going to be an epic tale that actually was written by black writers, costumes designed by black costume designers, we were just, like, ‘We have to go see it.'"

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