From “Do the Right Thing” to “Black Panther,” Costuming Black History with Ruth E. Carter @ChicagoHumanitiesFestival
From “Do the Right Thing” to “Black Panther,” Costuming Black History with Ruth E. Carter  @ChicagoHumanitiesFestival
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The inspiring Oscar winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter looks back on her career as depicted in Art of Ruth E. Carter: Costuming Black History and the Afrofuture, from Do the Right Thing to Black Panther in conversation with Jacqueline Stewart, the Director and President of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.


This episode originally aired on September 12, 2023.


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Read the podcast transcript (chicagohumanities.org/media/podcast-carter-rerelease/) .


PHOTO: Ruth E. Carter at the Music Box Theatre as part of the Chicago Humanities 2023 Spring Festival. (assets.chicagohumanities.org/uploads/images/39_Carter_Schmidt.width-800.jpg)


Art of Ruth E. Carter: Costuming Black History and the Afrofuture, from Do the Right Thing to Black Panther (semcoop.com/art-ruth-e-carter-costuming-black-history-and-afrofuture-do-right-thing-black-panther) , Ruth E. Carter


 


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