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Tuesday 13 February 2018

Prof. Davis on Black Panther in The Chicago Tribune

Blair Davis was recently interviewed for The Chicago Tribune about the cultural importance of Marvel's Black Panther film.



“Black Panther has arrived not only at the right time as far as film franchises go … it’s also arrived at the right time culturally because of this moment we’re in, we’re having these larger discussions about diversity and about race,” he says. Read the full story here:

https://www.google.com/amp/www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-ae-black-panther-cultural-impact-0211-story,amp.html


Davis will be part of a panel talk for Black History Month about the film on the night of its release, Friday February 16th, at Baker McKenzie in Chicago.