Earlier this year, New York resident Frederick Joseph started a campaign to raise $40,000 for the children in Harlem to use so that they could go see Black Panther once it hit the big screen. The success of the campaign snowballed into the #BlackPantherChallenge, a movement created by Joseph encouraging other people across the world to create their own fund campaigns for children to see Marvel's upcoming comic book movie.
Now, according to the Heroic Hollywood, the #BlackPantherChallenge has managed to rake in a total of $400,000 after having 400 individual campaigns – a huge success for the movement which hopes to help underprivileged children get to see one phenomenal comic book movie.
Black Panther is important not only because it is Marvel's first standalone film for T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman) but also because it's the studios very first all-black or at least predominantly black superhero movie.
"All children deserve to believe they can save the world, go on exciting adventures, or accomplish the impossible," Joseph said in a statement talking about the #BlackPantherChallenge's success, "I am grateful that all of you have answered the call and are taking action to help more kids watch their heroes on the big screen. Let's keep pushing forward. If you're a teacher, buy tickets for your entire classroom. If you're a coach, take your team. If you're a community leader, do some organizing and get the kids and parents in your community to the theater."
It's inspiring to think about how many underprivileged children can finally get to see themselves properly represented in a superhero film. We hope Black Panther empowers these children once they get to see the film on the big screen.
Black Panther opens today, Feb. 16, 2018.
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