Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: Black Panther Costume Designer Ruth Carter on Creating the Visual World of Wakanda

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🗓️ 16 November 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Academy Award–winning costume designer Ruth Carter has spent over three decades in film, television, and theater, where she’s collaborated with prolific directors such as Spike Lee, Steven Spielberg, and Ava DuVernay and run costume departments for films such as Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X, Selma, Amistad, and, of course, Black Panther. On this episode, Carter breaks down how she fuses rich cultural histories with futuristic technology in her designs in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

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0:44.1	Welcome to Who Upwear with Hillary Kerr, your
0:56.2	direct line to the designers, stylist, beauty experts, editors and
1:00.2	tastemakers who are shaping the ever-evolving world of fashion.
1:04.9	I'm your host, Hillary Kerr, and today I'm speaking with the Academy Award-winning
1:10.6	Costume Designer Ruth Carter. With over three decades in film,
1:16.1	television and theater, Ruth has collaborated with prolific directors like
1:22.0	Spike Lee, Steven Spielberg and Eva Duverne and has worked on films like Malcolm X,
1:29.1	Selma, Amastad and of course what we're here to talk about today, Black Panther.
1:35.4	Here to discuss Black Panther Wakanda forever, Ruth is breaking down how she
1:40.7	approached a project of this scale and significance, as well as her ethos in
1:45.8	bringing together rich cultural histories and futuristic design.
1:50.4	It's all coming up on Who Upwear.
2:01.0	You ready to do this Ruth? I'm ready.
2:03.5	Okay, so before we dive into the incredible costumes in Black Panther to
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