The young loss of the cinema world: Who is Chadwick Boseman?
Chadwick Boseman died a rather early death of colon cancer at the age of 43. In his short film career, he played the real heroes of America, except for "Black Panther":
First black baseball player Jackie Robinson, the first black Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, and James Brown. But whatever role he played, he shone. Whatever he did touch people's hearts.
Who is Chadwick Boseman?
Chadwick Boseman was remembered for his role as King T'Challa in the 2018 blockbuster movie.
Chadwick Boseman, who was first diagnosed with cancer in 2016, did not receive any results after 4 years of treatment.
Boseman was born and raised in South Carolina, the child of Carolyn Leroy Boseman, both African American. His mother was a nurse and his father worked as an upholstery in a textile factory. Boseman graduated from T. L. Hanna High School in 1995. In his freshman year, he wrote his first play, Crossroads, and staged it at school after a classmate was shot and killed.
Boseman attended Howard University in Washington D.C. and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in directing in 2000.
Boseman wanted to write and direct and initially began studying acting to learn how to relate to actors. After returning to the US, he graduated from New York's Digital Film Academy.
He lived in Brooklyn at the beginning of his career. Boseman worked as a drama instructor for the Schomburg Junior Scholars Program at the Black Culture Research Center in Harlem, New York. He moved to Los Angeles in 2008 to pursue an acting career.
The movie "Black Panther", which entered the Marvel Cinematic Universe, brought the story of Black Panther, who returned to his home in Africa after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, to take the throne and take his true place as king.
Black Panther, in which Boseman played T'Challa, a superhero, and leader of the fictional country of Wakanda, was a great source of inspiration, especially for black children and youth.
Black Panther, which is a first for Marvel to include a black superhero in such an important way in one production, and because Wakanda is a developed country, also included strong black female characters.
Black Panther was ranked first in the categories of "Best Original Score", "Best Costume Design" and "Best Production Design" at the Oscars in 2019, and was one of the most awarded productions of the ceremony.
Boseman played baseball legend Jackie Robinson in 42, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall in Marshall, and musician James Brown in Get On Up.
Boseman was a vegetarian. Boseman, who had been treated for colon cancer for four years, died on August 28, 2020.