The main actors of the new Black Panther movie, called Wakanda Forever, gathered recently in London. They were celebrating the opening of the follow-up to the 2018 film. The first movie was the top film of that year in the U.S. and Canada and the second-biggest in the world. It sold $1.3 billion in tickets. The movie was the first superhero film to have a mostly Black cast. One of the main actors is Lupita Nyong’o of Kenya. She plays Nakia. She said the movie from four years ago permitted people to feel good about “indigenous cultures” because of the way it showed African life. “We are celebrating our culture, we are celebrating where we are from in a way that is extremely inclusive,” she said. Florence Kasumba was born in Uganda but now lives in Germany. She is also one of the main actors in Wakanda Forever. As a girl, she said, she would have liked to see movies like Black Panther, “because there are not so many role models.” Kasumba has acted in other superhero movies including Wonder Woman and Captain America. Ayodeji Aiyesimoju is a professor who studies television and film at Joseph Ayo Babalola University in Nigeria. He said the first Black Panther movie changed the way some people thought about Africa. It opened conversations for questions. People were genuinely interested in knowing about the continent," he said. He said the next step is for movie studios in Hollywood and Britain to do more work with Black actors and African moviemakers. Some critics, however, said the movie was just a way for large movie companies to make money by showing a fictional African way of life. Disney produced the movie and it is based on characters created by Marvel. One actor said Africa had an important part in the movie. Danai Gurira played the character Okoye. Her family is from Zimbabwe but she was born in the U.S. “You have to understand that it was Africa that impacted Black Panther,” she said. The role I play was all about looking at what Africa was and bringing (that) into the world.
Title: ‘Black Panther’ Movie Actors: Film Changed How People See Africa
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5709/A14.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Black Panther Movie Actors: Film Changed How People See Africa' data-article-id='6280'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7646'>The main actors of the new Black Panther movie, called Wakanda Forever, gathered recently in London.</span> <span data-start-time='7646' data-end-time='13417'>They were celebrating the opening of the follow-up to the 2018 film.</span> <span data-start-time='13417' data-end-time='22125'>The first movie was the top film of that year in the U.S. and Canada and the second-biggest in the world. </span> <span data-start-time='22125' data-end-time='27063'>It sold $1.3 billion in tickets.</span> <span data-start-time='27063' data-end-time='33979'>The movie was the first superhero film to have a mostly Black cast.</span> <span data-start-time='33979' data-end-time='40042'>One of the main actors is Lupita Nyong’o of Kenya. </span> <span data-start-time='40042' data-end-time='42729'>She plays Nakia.</span> <span data-start-time='42729' data-end-time='53896'>She said the movie from four years ago permitted people to feel good about “indigenous cultures” because of the way it showed African life.</span> <span data-start-time='53896' data-end-time='64292'>“We are celebrating our culture, we are celebrating where we are from in a way that is extremely inclusive,” she said.</span> <span data-start-time='64292' data-end-time='69625'>Florence Kasumba was born in Uganda but now lives in Germany. </span> <span data-start-time='69625' data-end-time='74688'>She is also one of the main actors in Wakanda Forever.</span> <span data-start-time='74688' data-end-time='84646'>As a girl, she said, she would have liked to see movies like Black Panther, “because there are not so many role models.”</span> <span data-start-time='84646' data-end-time='92938'>Kasumba has acted in other superhero movies including Wonder Woman and Captain America.</span> <span data-start-time='92938' data-end-time='104000'>Ayodeji Aiyesimoju is a professor who studies television and film at Joseph Ayo Babalola University in Nigeria. </span> <span data-start-time='104000' data-end-time='111292'>He said the first Black Panther movie changed the way some people thought about Africa.</span> <span data-start-time='111292' data-end-time='114854'>It opened conversations for questions. </span> <span data-start-time='114854' data-end-time='120813'>People were genuinely interested in knowing about the continent," he said.</span> <span data-start-time='120813' data-end-time='133104'>He said the next step is for movie studios in Hollywood and Britain to do more work with Black actors and African moviemakers.</span> <span data-start-time='133104' data-end-time='144917'>Some critics, however, said the movie was just a way for large movie companies to make money by showing a fictional African way of life. </span> <span data-start-time='144917' data-end-time='150708'>Disney produced the movie and it is based on characters created by Marvel.</span> <span data-start-time='150708' data-end-time='155729'>One actor said Africa had an important part in the movie. </span> <span data-start-time='155729' data-end-time='159979'>Danai Gurira played the character Okoye. </span> <span data-start-time='159979' data-end-time='164667'>Her family is from Zimbabwe but she was born in the U.S.</span> <span data-start-time='164667' data-end-time='170813'>“You have to understand that it was Africa that impacted Black Panther,” she said. </span> <span data-start-time='170813' data-end-time='178292'>The role I play was all about looking at what Africa was and bringing (that) into the world.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5709/A14.jpeg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=19010 data-hint-location='27063' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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