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Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther” won the Best Movie honour at the BET Awards, where host Jamie Foxx took a dig at US President Donald Trump on Sunday night.
Foxx began the ceremony with a monologue, inviting “Black Panther” actor Michael B. Jordan on stage to share his character Eric Killmonger’s final words, reported dailymail.co.uk.
The “Creed” actor, 31, joined the Academy Award winner to tell the audiences in person and at home: “Bury me in the ocean with my ancestors that jumped from ships because they knew death was better than bondage.”
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Addressing “the Black Panther in the room”, Foxx said: “We don’t need a president cause we’ve got a king, King T’Challa.”
“Black Panther“, on the African superhero from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, i set shortly after “Captain America: Civil War“, and sees T’Challa returning home to the isolated, technologically-advanced African nation of Wakanda to become king. However, when a powerful old enemy reappears, T’Challa’s mettle as king and Black Panther is tested.
“The film is about our experience being African American and also being from Africa. It was about tapping into that voice we always hear that tells us to be proud of who we are,” said Coogler in his acceptance speech, reported deadline.com.