{"product_id":"marvel-studios-black-panther-dreams-of-wakanda-isbn-9781984826176","title":"Marvel Studios' Black Panther: Dreams of Wakanda","description":"\u003cb\u003eJoin creators, writers, and comics legends as they discuss the impact of Marvel Studios’ \u003ci\u003eBlack Panther\u003c\/i\u003e in this gorgeously illustrated collection of essays\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMarvel Studios’ \u003ci\u003eBlack Panther\u003c\/i\u003e has become more than just a movie—it has shaped conversations about art, culture, science fiction, representation, justice, fashion, comics, creativity, and so much more. Celebrate the legacy of the film with this collection of all-new personal essays and reflections that shed light on its monumental impact, including firsthand stories from artists involved in the film, cultural analysis from journalists and academics, and thoughtful insights from writers and comics legends. Each contributor brings their unique expertise and experience to explore the film’s genesis and significance from every angle. Complete with gorgeous original illustrations, \u003ci\u003eDreams of Wakanda \u003c\/i\u003ebrings together a wide array of diverse and multifaceted perspectives that exemplify the many ways the film has impacted cinema, culture, and society.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this collection:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Costume designer Ruth E. Carter takes us through her Afrofuturistic designs.\u003cbr\u003e• Writer Tre Johnson discusses the metaphoric qualities of vibranium.\u003cbr\u003e• Author Yona Harvey reflects on how the film has resonated with audiences across the African diaspora.\u003cbr\u003e• Journalist Hannah Giorgis uncovers how the soundtrack fits into sonic portraits of Blackness.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe contributors:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarlene Allen Ahmed • Aaron C. Allen • Maurice Broaddus • Ruth E. Carter • Hannah Giorgis • Yona Harvey • Tre Johnson • Arvell Jones • Frederick Joseph • Suyi Davies Okungbowa • Dwayne Wong Omowale • Gil Robertson IV • Foreword by Nic Stone • Art by Mateus Manhanini\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTo celebrate the launch of this book and \u003ci\u003eBlack Panther\u003c\/i\u003e’s global impact, Disney and Penguin Random House are donating books to First Book and Books for Africa respectively. Disney is donating books valued at approximately $1,000,000 to support First Book, a leading nonprofit that serves children in underserved communities and addresses the needs of the whole child by supporting their education, basic needs, and wellness—all of which are essential to educational equity. Penguin Random House (PRH) is donating PRH titles valued at approximately $100,000 to Books For Africa. Books For Africa was founded upon a singular mission: to end the book famine in Africa. BFA collects, sorts, and ships books, computers, tablets, and library enhancement materials to every country in Africa.“The compelling collection of essays on \u003ci\u003eBlack Panther\u003c\/i\u003e comes from the voices of Black journalists, authors, poets, writers, and artists from around the world. None of these remarkable pieces pull their punches. Each one unflinchingly examines the impact the film has had both personally and globally. . . . You’ve heard bold claims like ‘you’ll never watch ___ the same way again!’ accompanying most in-depth looks at your favorite movies. Marvel Studios’ \u003ci\u003eBlack Panther: Dreams of Wakanda\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the rare books that absolutely delivers on that promise. It’s not an exaggeration to say \u003ci\u003eDreams of Wakanda\u003c\/i\u003e will forever change what it means to you the next time you hear, ‘Wakanda forever!’”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNerdist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarvel Studios\u003c\/b\u003e is the licensing branch of Marvel Comics and the highest-grossing film franchise of all time. Marvel Studios has produced and released more than twenty-three blockbuster films with more in various stages of production.\u003cb\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNic Stone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e 2016 was a weird year for me. I’d sold my debut young-adult novel in 2015, but it wasn’t scheduled to be published until 2017, and though I was working on new stuff, it was with great trepidation—I very deliberately wrote stories about Black kids, and at that point, they weren’t exactly in high demand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Honestly, prior to 2018, when the first Marvel Studios’ \u003ci\u003eBlack Panther\u003c\/i\u003e film was released, trepidation was a \u003ci\u003ething\u003c\/i\u003e in the hearts of many Black people attempting to forge or maintain careers in storytelling and entertainment spaces—this \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e a book of essays about how said film impacted a variety of lives, and you \u003ci\u003eare\u003c\/i\u003e reading the foreword, after all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As for \u003ci\u003emy \u003c\/i\u003estory: I’d been an avid reader as a child, but for reasons I couldn’t articulate back then, the practice had lost its savor as I tumbled headlong into adolescence. It would be years before I’d figure out the root of my sudden disdain for books. Once I did, I realized that all of the ones I was told I \u003ci\u003ehad\u003c\/i\u003e to read either had soundly awful depictions of Black people or no Black people at all. \u003cbr\u003eWe gravely underestimate the damage this does to the developing identities and worldviews of young people. And not just Black ones, either. In many ways, what we read in books and see and hear in popular culture informs the way we view—and therefore \u003ci\u003etreat\u003c\/i\u003e—other human beings. Ourselves included. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYes, I’d decided not to believe the messages from those high-school books: I was not minimally intelligent (like Jim from \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e) nor destined to be a scapegoat (see Tom Robinson from \u003ci\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/i\u003e), and I wasn’t powerless with regard to my own destiny (shout-out to Crooks from \u003ci\u003eOf Mice and Men\u003c\/i\u003e). But I was still utterly petrified that the stories I wanted to tell would be met with either total disregard, or worse: ire and derision. Especially since I had zero intention of feeding into the stereotypes that seemed to be “acceptable” when it came to portraying Black people in literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Would people even \u003ci\u003ewant\u003c\/i\u003e to read stories about kids like me? Would they be as interested in our joys and triumphs as they seemed to be in our oppression and pain? I wanted to write about Black kids \u003ci\u003eliving\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eloving.\u003c\/i\u003e Winning. Facing down obstacles and utilizing their gifts to save the day. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis was stuff I hadn’t ever seen in books. At least not the books I was exposed to. Did the absence of these things\u003ci\u003e really\u003c\/i\u003e mean people just weren’t interested (as a publisher—or five— suggested when rejecting my manuscripts)?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e These questions plagued me as I waited for my little book baby to make its way out into the world. And I still had a year and five months left to wait when I sat down in a movie theater seat on a Saturday in May 2016.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe latest Marvel Cinematic Universe film had just dropped:\u003ci\u003e Captain America: Civil War.\u003c\/i\u003e And from the opening scene, I was rapt. The plot was spectacular, the action pulse-pounding, and the relationships delightfully fraught. One thing I’ve always loved about the MCU portrayal of super heroes is that every single one is deeply complex and vividly human—even the ones who aren’t human at all. And you \u003ci\u003ewant\u003c\/i\u003e to know their backstories. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo when a dude in a black catsuit comes out of nowhere and lands on a roof to fight the bad guy, then chases him through traffic largely on foot . . . and \u003ci\u003ethen\u003c\/i\u003e, when caught by the police, just straight up removes his helmet to reveal his identity (umm, did somebody say \u003ci\u003ebadass?\u003c\/i\u003e), and everyone in the theater \u003ci\u003eclapped . . . \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt literally changed everything for me. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFast forward to February 2018. For almost two years, we’d heard whispers that the coming Black Panther movie would have a mostly Black cast, which was unheard of in the super hero space. The film released two days after Valentine’s Day and I didn’t go see it. I was scared. Scared of feeling let down. Scared people weren’t believing the hype . . . and even more scared that they \u003ci\u003ewere\u003c\/i\u003e believing it and would wind up disappointed. My little book had come out four months prior, almost to the day, and though it sold well enough in the first week to make the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller list, it was gone from said list by week two, and I had no idea how sales were going. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat if this movie came out and “underperformed” as I’d heard editors say when some superhyped “diverse” book failed to meet sales expectations? Would that \u003ci\u003eprove \u003c\/i\u003eno one wanted stories about Black people doing great things and, you know, effectually end my storytelling career before it could really begin?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It took me a month to go see it. A month of it being the number-one film week after week. And the theater was packed when we took our seats. I even heard a guy in the row behind us say it was his fourth time seeing the movie in the theater (and at $16 per ticket, that sounded like a big deal). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Panther \u003c\/i\u003edid well, obviously. It’s one of the highest-grossing films of all time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut it’s also\u003ci\u003e so \u003c\/i\u003emuch more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Black Panther—aka T’Challa aka Chadwick Boseman—struck a match the moment he landed on that roof in 2016. But his solo film in 2018 is what lit the fire of a revolution. People from \u003ci\u003eall\u003c\/i\u003e backgrounds got right on board with the Black king of a tiny fictional nation in East Africa, fighting to protect his country and its people from his cousin, an American-raised Black anarchist. There were only two white people who got significant screen time. Kids across the globe wanted to be the Black Panther and have super strength, speed, and catlike reflexes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt long last, we were seeing Black excellence on-screen, in front of \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003ebehind the camera: The costume and production designers won highly coveted Oscars for their work. We saw a Black man—whose royal guard was made up of all Black women—rule with patience and integrity. We saw a wickedly witty Black girl genius and inventor (Shuri \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e changed my life, but we’ll save that story for a different foreword). And best of all, we saw what Black people could do. Make.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e And it changed us all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Which is why this book exists. As I mentioned earlier, you hold in your hands a collection of essays from a vast array of Black people—from the man who raised enough money to pay for over seventy thousand kids to see the film in theaters to the beautiful woman who played a red-clad warrior of the Wakandan royal guard, the Dora Milaje. All sharing stories of how their individual lives were impacted by this juggernaut of a motion picture. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThanks to Marvel Studios’ \u003ci\u003eBlack Panther\u003c\/i\u003e, I not only felt seen (finally!), but I also felt like I got the permission I needed to take up space. To tell the stories of my heart. To step out and make noise about things that don’t align with the ideas put forth in the founding documents of this country, especially when it comes to people who look like me. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs you read, I hope you’re reminded of all the ways this history-making film impacted you. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWakanda forever.","brand":"Random House Worlds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305233273061,"sku":"NP9781984826176","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781984826176.jpg?v=1767732326","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/marvel-studios-black-panther-dreams-of-wakanda-isbn-9781984826176","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}