Hundreds of Alexandrians packed into the AMC Hoffman Center 22 Thursday night to see an early screening of Marvel’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
The event was attended by hundreds of fans in costumes, and included food and live music.
It was also a sequel for City Councilman John Taylor Chapman’s Manumission Tour Company and Elijah Walter Griffin, Sr.’s Griffin Vision Media. The team collaborated for their first screening at the now-demolished Potomac Yard movie theater when the first Black Panther released in 2018.
“It’s very important to the city to have events like this,” Griffin said. “Everybody’s excited to see this movie, and it’s important because we need more Black heroes.”
Griffin and Chapman have also hosted viewing parties for the films Green Book and Harriet. No word yet on their next collaboration.
The event was sponsored by National Capital Bank of Washington, fibre space, the Debra Deneise Smith Foundation, Colorectal Cancer Alliance, The Rub and Hen Quarter, Black upStart, kweliTV, SpottedMP, Beverly Tatum, Realtor, Virginia Black Lifestyle Magazine and Dyvine BBQ.
Incidentally, Alexandria (at least the name) was a featured location in the movie.
Tonight, we’re honored to be at the advanced screening of Black Panther: #WakandaForever in Alexandria, VA, to raise awareness of colorectal cancer, the disease that took @chadwickboseman too soon. He is forever missed. #BEW2022 pic.twitter.com/kLtriikOJ6
— Colorectal Cancer Alliance (@CCAlliance) November 10, 2022
I also saw "Wakanda Forever" this weekend at the AMC Hoffman Center in Alexandria.
And people audibly yelped when "Alexandria, VA" flashed on the screen. https://t.co/DmRuHo9VBF
— Matt Blitz (@WhyBlitz) November 14, 2022
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