Director Ryan Coogler Says 'Black Panther' Brought Him Closer To His Roots

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Director Ryan Coogler Says 'Black Panther' Brought Him Closer To His Roots

The new film imagines an African nation, rich in minerals and unscarred by colonialism and slavery; Coogler says he traveled to the continent to dig into the question of what it means to be African.
     

The new film imagines an African nation, rich in minerals and unscarred by colonialism and slavery; Coogler says he traveled to the continent to dig into the question of what it means to be African.

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