In Memory of Chadwick Boseman
If someone was ever born to play a role in a film, that someone was Chadwick Boseman and the role was King T’Challa in the historic 2018 film Black Panther. This is not to take away from his many other memorable roles, but to celebrate one of the rare instances when something becomes more than the sum of its parts. In this case, the parts were a visionary director, a talented cast, a great script and a tentpole budget. The whole, as we know now, was not merely the blockbuster one would expect from such parts, but a pièce de ré·sis·tance of filmmaking and representation.