I write characters focusing on them as human beings, and then you wrap them within a culture. So I think I can connect with him as a person with brow….

This problem [of historical opportunities] compounds itself by limiting the number of people in the pipeline to attain the experience to do larger mo….

I think you try to extrapolate from the early civilizations and cultures of the continent, kind of looking for unique ways they set themselves apart ….

There is a huge fan base for the Black Panther comic and for Marvel as a whole. And I think there is great anticipation across the board for the movi….

Having gone through the [Marvel] writer program, I knew Black Panther was in the pipeline and I knew they were big fans of my writing. But I had to c….

Well, TV does a better job. In film, the justification has been that movies focused on stories or featuring people of color don't make money..

Being able to interact with [studio president] Kevin Feige and have him know who I am and know me as a person, and be able to then sit down and have ….

I figured out I wanted to tell stories in college. I'm an only child who moved around a lot growing up, and I really feel like it prepared me to be a….

had two smaller scripts that I had written with full black casts. And people loved the scripts, but nobody would fund them. Those roles and stories a….

When you start talking about movies of that size, they're trying to sell globally to foreign markets. So there is an economic question that can't be ….

Historically, opportunity has been afforded to a limited pool of people, excluding people of color and women. That doesn't diminish the talent or har….

Black Panther is a historic opportunity to be a part of something important and special, particularly at a time when African Americans are affirming ….