Chapter 3: Angela Bassett, Hannah Beachler, Autumn Durald Arkapaw

Wakanda Forever: The Official Black Panther Podcast

Marvel Entertainment

Tv & Film, Film History, Film Interviews

4.7 • 787 Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Being on the set of Wakanda Forever was a different kind of filmmaking experience. It was a wake. It was a celebration. It was therapy. Angela Bassett joins Ta-Nehisi Coates to discuss where art met reality in her award-winning performance as Queen Ramonda. Then production designer Hannah Beachler and director of photography Autumn Durald Arkapaw break down how they used grief, joy, and a lot of research to bring the worlds of Wakanda and Talokan to the screen. Wakanda Forever: The Official Black Panther Podcast is a production of Proximity Media in collaboration with Marvel Studios and Marvel Entertainment. The series is written and hosted by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Produced by Paola Mardo. Executive Producers are Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, and Paola Mardo. The film score is composed by Ludwig Göransson. Story editing by James Kim. Audio editing by Cameron Kell and Cedric Wilson. Sound design and additional music by Pat Mesiti-Miller. Audio engineering by Lauryn Newson. Production assistance from Polina Cherezova. Learn more at ProximityMedia.com and by following @ProximityMedia, @Marvel, and @MarvelStudios on Twitter and Instagram. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is streaming soon on Disney+. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	There's a lot to break down in Wakanda forever.
0:10.3	The arc of old hands like Nakia and Akoye, and newer editions like Namor and Riri Williams.
0:16.5	The way co-writers Ryan Kugler and Joe Robert Cole forge an adventure epic from the awe of genocide and enslavement.
0:22.6	The mother-daughter story between Shuri and Queen Ramanda.
0:25.6	But what made the set of Wakanda forever different was that it wasn't just a set.
0:30.6	It was awake.
0:32.6	It was a repass.
0:34.6	It was therapy.
0:36.6	Maybe there's another big budget sequel where the lead actor died so close to production,
0:41.5	but I can't think of one.
0:43.5	In our first episode, we talked to director Ryan Kugler about how he personally bore that weight.
0:49.1	On this episode, we're going to expand that conversation in hopes of understanding the ways
0:53.5	in which a fictive,
0:54.4	mythical grief came to be informed by a very real one.
0:57.8	We'll learn how Wakanda and Telecon were built by talking to production designer Hannah Beechler
1:03.6	and director of photography, Autumn Dorald Arkapar.
1:07.0	But first, actor Angela Bassett.
1:10.0	My name is Tanaasi Coates, and this is Wakanda Forever. But first, actor Angela Bassett.
1:17.2	My name is Tanaasi Coates, and this is Wakanda Forever, the official Black Panther podcast.
1:26.1	Angela Bassett has seen a lot in her career.
1:34.6	She shifted from iconic role to iconic role, from Tina Turner to Betty Shabazz, twice actually,
1:36.3	with Grace and a Plum.
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