Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Digital film still of Ryan Coogler & Lupita Nyong'o on the set of Black Panther
2017
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A digital film still of Ryan Coogler and Lupita Nyong'o, as the character Nakia, on the set of the film Black Panther. The two are pictured reflected in a mirror, standing in front of a fish-scale paneled wall. Coogler is on the left side of the image. He is wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and black beanie, with a black watch on his proper left wrist and a pair of headphones with a coiled cord. His hands are clasped in front of him. Coogler is looking towards Lupita Nyong’o, who is on the right side of the image. She is wearing an off the shoulder halter dress in a green and black geometric patterened fabric. She is wearing earrings and a kimoyo bead bracelet on her proper left wrist. She is looking towards Coogler and gesturing with her proper left arm, which appears blurred and in motion.
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Catalog reference: 2018.39.3.9
