Digital film still of Ryan Coogler with Dora Milaje on the set of Black Panther

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A digital film still of Ryan Coogler and actors on the set of the film Black Panther. Coogler is pictured standing in a shallow pool of water facing the Dora Milaje and other actors in character, who stand facing him on the rocky shore. Coogler wears a blue and grey knit hat, a navy jacket over a black t-shirt and grey jeans, with tall black boots. He is gesturing with his proper right hand held out in front of him. Three unidentified crew members are to his proper right, facing away from the camera. On the shore facing him are eight (8) actors dressed as Dora Milaje warriors, wearing bodices and wrap skirts made of woven red and gold fabric over black leggings with beaded shell belts and necklaces and arm bands of stacked silver rings in the style of the Ndebele tribe's idzila.

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