Black Panther Director Ryan Coogler Releases Statement On Being Wrongly Detained By Police
Ryan Coogler, director of the highly-anticipated Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, has unfortunately been the target of racism during his time filming the blockbuster sequel. The director was let go hours later and went on to release a statement.
Black Panther 2 is an upcoming sequel that will follow where the first film left off, while also making sure to stay canon with everything that Marvel Studios has been doing lately. It's set to honor the late lead actor Chadwick Boseman while exploring more of Wakanda and potentially introducing Namor, who is Marvel's aquatic superhero mutant. The film has been going through a lot of setbacks, but fortunately it presses on. On set injuries, state laws, and medical concerns have been placed in front of this film despite its continuing perseverance. Unfortunately, even if one is an acclaimed director, social activist, and employee of Disney, they can still easily be a target of racism.
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Coogler is currently filmingBlack Panther 2 in Georgia and took a quick stop to the bank on January 7 in order to make a withdrawal. He needed the money for personal assistance, and due to how much he was requesting ($12,000 cash), he felt uncomfortable asking for it out loud. The body camera footage showed the director saying he's tired of feeling scared when he goes to the bank, so he wrote a note to the teller requesting the withdrawal from his account while providing identification and his banking card. The teller didn't even give the director the chance and skipped the process of verifying his identity only to call the police. Cops came in guns drawn and put the director in handcuffs. It goes without saying, but the director wasn't armed
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