Black Panther is (still) the most important movie of 2018
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🗓️ 26 December 2018
⏱️ 18 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Right after we launched today explained we put out an episode about the movie Black Panther. |
| 0:05.6 | It was actually the second episode of the show we ever released. |
| 0:09.8 | It was called Black Panther is the most important movie of 2018. |
| 0:15.9 | Just after we released the episode, a family friend of mine messaged me and said, hey man, |
| 0:19.2 | one of my close college friends actually produced that movie. |
| 0:22.7 | He's one of the reasons that movie exists. |
| 0:24.6 | And I was like, cool. |
| 0:26.4 | Tell him to listen. |
| 0:27.4 | Tell him to check it out. |
| 0:28.4 | Tell him thanks. |
| 0:29.7 | The family friend said he would and later that day said, this is what he says. |
| 0:34.2 | That's a lofty title for an episode. |
| 0:36.9 | Maybe it's the most important movie in 2018 so far. |
| 0:41.4 | The year still has a lot of gas in the tank. |
| 0:44.1 | Well, I want to tell this friend of my family friend who produced Black Panther |
| 0:48.4 | that the year has come to an end. |
| 0:51.2 | And Black Panther is the most important movie of 2018. |
| 0:56.0 | It made a billion dollars. |
| 0:58.8 | The costume is down here at the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture |
| 1:03.5 | in DC. |
| 1:05.1 | There have been scholarships in Africa set up in honor of the movie. |
| 1:09.0 | It's been nominated for Grammys and Golden Globes. |
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