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Hello everyone, today we present to you our presentation

which focuses on the life of Chadwick Boseman, a film actor.


Before continuing we let you watch the trailer for one of his
popular films: Black Panther
Who was CHADWICK BOSEMAN ?
Chadwick Boseman had early success as a stage actor,
writer and director, before landing gigs on TV shows
like Lincoln Heights. Boseman broke through with his
big screen portrayals of two African American icons:
baseball player Jackie Robinson in 42, and soul
singer James Brown in Get on Up. Boseman later took
on the role of Black Panther for a series of Marvel
superhero films, including the immensely
successful Black Panther in early 2018.

Early Life,Career and Personal Life


Chadwick Aaron Boseman was born in 1976 in South
Carolina and went on to attend Howard University in
Washington, D.C., graduating with a Bachelor of Fine
Arts in directing. (In 2018, he gave the commencement
speech at Howard and received an honorary degree,
Doctor of Humane Letters.) He then attended the British
American Drama Academy in Oxford, England.
Boseman has performed in a number of stage
productions, including Breathe, Romeo and
Juliet, Bootleg Blues, Zooman, and Willie's Cut and
Shine. He won an AUDELCO award for his role as the
teen E.J. in 2002's Urban Transitions: Loose Blossoms,
a play by Ron Milner about a struggling African
American family pulled in by the temptation of fast cash.
He's also worked as part of the Hip Hop Theatre Festival
and has written the plays Hieroglyphic Graffiti, Deep
Azure and Rhyme Deferred. Additionally, he has
directed a number of stage productions, as well as the
short film Blood Over a Broken Pawn. Boseman secretly
married his longtime girlfriend Taylor Simone Ledward
before his death. The pair became engaged in October
2019.
Starring Roles on TV
Boseman started to make a name for himself on TV in
the mid-2000s, with guest spots on crime dramas
like Third Watch and CSI:NY, and on the soap opera All
My Children. Additionally, he was one of the performers
for the award-winning audio version of the 2005
novel Upstate, by Kalisha Buckhanon. In 2008 Boseman
landed a recurring role as Nathaniel Ray on the ABC
Family drama Lincoln Heights, which focused on a
suburban family who relocates to the urban community
where the police officer patriarch was raised. The series
ran for four seasons, with Boseman featured during the
last two. During this period, he also had guest-starring
roles on ER, Lie to Me, The Glades and Cold Case.
Movies
The year 2008 also saw Boseman appearing in Gary
Fleder's The Express, a sports biopic about renowned
running back Ernie Davis, who played for Syracuse
University during the civil rights era. The film co-starred
Rob Brown and Dennis Quaid, with Boseman featured as
fellow running back Floyd Little.
Boseman would land his next prominent role as Graham
McNair, a Muslim sergeant, on the 2010 NBC summer
thriller Persons Unknown. On the series, seven people
are kidnapped and trapped in a town by an unknown
entity. The following year, Boseman landed additional
guest spots on the shows Justified, Detroit 1-8-
7, Fringe and Castle.
In 2012 Boseman played the lead role in the film The Kill
Hole, directed by Mischa Webley. The indie production
revolves around the life of a Portland, Oregon, taxi driver
who's also an Iraq War veteran, haunted by memories of
his past and drafted for a new mission by a private firm.
'Black Panther’
Also in 2016, Boseman joined the Marvel Cinematic
Universe with his appearance in the superhero ensemble
blockbuster Captain America: Civil War. He played
T'Challa, king of the African country of Wakanda, who
becomes the powerful Black Panther.
Following a return to dramatic fare
with Thurgood (2017), about a case early in the legal
career of Justice Thurgood Marshall, Boseman was ready
for his superhero closeup in Black Panther. The film not
only shattered box office records upon its February 2018
release, raking in an estimated $218 million domestically
over the four-day President's Day weekend, it went on to
earn an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.
Boseman's Black Panther later rejoined Iron Man, Thor,
Captain America and other Marvel cohorts on screen
for Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers:
Endgame (2019).
Having established his leading-man chops, Boseman
next starred in 21 Bridges (2019), as an NYPD detective
on the hunt for two cop killers.
Death
Boseman passed away on August 28, 2020, from colon
cancer. "It is with immeasurable grief that we confirm
the passing of Chadwick Boseman," a statement posted
on his social media accounts read. "Chadwick was
diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2016, and
battled with it these last 4 years as it progressed to stage
IV. A true fighter, Chadwick persevered through it all,
and brought you many of the films you have come to love
so much."
“A true fighter, Chadwick persevered through it all, and
brought you many of the films you have come to love so
much,” his family said in a statement.
“From Marshall to Da 5 Bloods, August Wilson’s Ma
Rainey’s Black Bottom and several more — all were
filmed during and between countless surgeries and
chemotherapy. It was the honor of his career to bring
King T’Challa to life in Black Panther. He died in his
home, with his wife and family by his side."
A memorial service was held in Malibu, California the
following weekend.

SUMMARY

In summary, Chadwick Boseman was a Hollywood cinema


icon and silently fought against colon cancer all these years.
May he rest in peace and may his works live on and remain
engraved in our memories forever. We invite you to follow
BLACK PANTHER 2: Wakanda Forever in which they pay
him a tribute worthy of his name.

Thank you for your attention and we hope you enjoyed our
presentation.

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