48 Min Released Jan 6, 2017

#24: Costume Designer Ruth E. Carter

Slate culture writer, Aisha Harris talks to Ruth E. Carter about  designing costumes for Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing, Joss Whedon’s Serenity, and more. And A.C. Valdez, Panoply Senior Producer shares his “Pre-Woke Watching” story.

Check out:
-Slate’s review of Luke Cage.
-Panoply podcast: Our National Conversation About Conversations About Race
-Disney’s The Jungle Book (1967)
-Aisha talk more about Andy in The Making of an American Girl.
-Slate’s 50 greatest movies by black directors where you will also find seven of the films Ruth E. Carter costume designed.
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