VIDEO : 'Black Panther' Director Says The Movie Is Political

Comicbook.com reports 'Black Panther' director Ryan Coogler says the superhero movie is inherently political. He was asked in a recent interview for the Oscars Roundtable if he considers the movie political. He responded, "It's about a politician. There was no way for it to not be." He went on to explain, "It's about a character who is the political leader of a fictional country. It's fictional but we wanted to put it on a real continent.