Wakanda is more than a literary setting, it is the cinematic vision of modern Africa, a longing for people of African descent.
Tag: Movies
Are you up in the air?
The modern individual is unhinged and thus lacks a basis for meaning, truth and morality. Like Ryan Bingham, he is ‘Up in the Air.’
The Gospel according to Hollywood
A theme of salvation runs through several Hollywood movies. From Maleficent to Snow White and the Huntsman to Independence Day, there is a common story. In spite of the different plots and characters, one finds an unmistakable unifying theme which basically goes like this: Something is wrong with the world. It could be a spell cast…
The Gospel in Armageddon
I enjoy watching movies as cultural products in which we relish much that is true, good, and beautiful, while we also discern much that is a fruit of humanity’s corrupt heart. A case in point of the two streams of falsehood and truth in the same movie is the 1998 blockbuster Armageddon. Armageddon is an example…