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S4, Ep 031 with Ruth E. Carter (two-time Academy Award winner for Fashion/Costume Design) about Black futurism and working with Oprah, Spike Lee and Chadwick Boseman artwork

S4, Ep 031 with Ruth E. Carter (two-time Academy Award winner for Fashion/Costume Design) about Black futurism and working with Oprah, Spike Lee and Chadwick Boseman

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#WakandaForever! Host Yndia chats with Academy Award Winner, costume designer and AfroFuturist, Ruth E. Carter about her almost four-decade long career working on iconic projects for the big and small screens, including both Black Panther films, Malcolm X, Coming 2 America, Love & Basketball, Amistad–to name a few. Listen in as they discuss Ruth’s experiences and lessons learned while working with Oprah, Spike Lee, Chadwick Boseman and Denzel Washington, why AfroFuturism is critical to her storytelling through fashion and design, and where she sees the field in the future for BIPOC costume designers in Hollywood and beyond. (Music, Sound Production and Editing Credit: @Masauko) The post S4, Ep 031 with Ruth E. Carter (two-time Academy Award winner for Fashion/Costume Design) about Black futurism and working with Oprah, Spike Lee and Chadwick Boseman appeared first on Yndia Lorick-Wilmot, PhD.

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