Ruth Carter :Costume Designer Of Black Panther

[nebsen]

a Black costume designer( Ruth Carter) gets a Oscar nomination for her outstanding work as a costume designer on Black Panther !!

[zarahan]

I would rate the movie only average as far as plot and special effects but the costumes were good.
Rather than stereotypical leopard skins, or basic swords and sorcery outfits, they came up with
some different things. The long coats or jackets of the DOra Miljae for sample, rather than the
easy leather gear type choice. Mkabu's group has costumes that invoke the aprons and animal fur/skin
forearm and shin gear of the Zulu and Xhosa, blended with leather, rather than the stereotypical
"jungle" loincloths seen in countless Tarzan movies. Mabku's people live in cold snowy mountains
interestingly enough, which in theory should make people aware that tropical Africa has numerous micro
climates- from snowy high altitude plateau, to cold cloud forest, to burning deserts, to cool
coastland. Its not all "jungle".. or "savannah"..

I could not figure out what powers accrue to their Jabari wood however? Whats so sacred about
this Jabari wood?

And of course we get to see very little of Wakanda's regular people themselves. They look vaguely
"SOuth African" tradit, The 2 pony or horse riders in the opening scene waving at the royal
Wakandan air ship overhead look like traditional Basuto (Lesotho) type herders.

[nebsen]

Feb 24, 2019 12:46:55 GMT -5 zarahan said:

I would rate the movie only average as far as plot and special effects but the costumes were good.
Rather than stereotypical leopard skins, or basic swords and sorcery outfits, they came up with
some different things. The long coats or jackets of the DOra Miljae for sample, rather than the
easy leather gear type choice. Mkabu's group has costumes that invoke the aprons and animal fur/skin
forearm and shin gear of the Zulu and Xhosa, blended with leather, rather than the stereotypical
"jungle" loincloths seen in countless Tarzan movies. Mabku's people live in cold snowy mountains
interestingly enough, which in theory should make people aware that tropical Africa has numerous micro
climates- from snowy high altitude plateau, to cold cloud forest, to burning deserts, to cool
coastland. Its not all "jungle".. or "savannah"..

I could not figure out what powers accrue to their Jabari wood however? Whats so sacred about
this Jabari wood?

And of course we get to see very little of Wakanda's regular people themselves. They look vaguely
"SOuth African" tradit, The 2 pony or horse riders in the opening scene waving at the royal
Wakandan air ship overhead look like traditional Basuto (Lesotho) type herders.

Well, I have to say up front I'm a big fan of this film" Black Panther" for it to be nominated for" Best picture" shows it was a cut above most films in this category: yes, certain aspects could have been tightened ,but not enough for the film to lose it over all cinematic impact on the millions who saw this ground braking film..but you can be sure the next Black Panther will be even more so in all the departments that you saw fault..by it being a 1st film of it's kind studio's are always a little conservative until they see profs which is the" money" which Black Panther broke all kinds of box office records....Also their is a element of Afro-pop that the film integrated into the over all look of the film !! Wakanda for ever !!