One half is colored by the burnished, bronzed glow of»70s American childhood; the other, without dialogue and shot in
black - and - white, evokes its era's cinema as well as the silent world of its
young protagonist.
As previously reported, the weekend of March 9 marked the first time in recent memory, and possibly ever, that films by African - American directors have claimed the No. 1 and No. 2 spots on the same weekend, with Coogler's «
Black Panther» again topping the box office, while Ava DuVernay's adaptation «A Wrinkle in Time,» which boasts a black female protagonist in Storm Reid as young heroine Meg Murry, opened in the second - place
Black Panther» again topping the box office, while Ava DuVernay's adaptation «A Wrinkle in Time,» which boasts a
black female protagonist in Storm Reid as young heroine Meg Murry, opened in the second - place
black female
protagonist in Storm Reid as
young heroine Meg Murry, opened in the second - place spot.
This homage to Ezra Jack Keats takes the form of a biographical poem, telling of his creation of Peter, the
young,
black protagonist of The Snowy Day, and Keats» impact on children's literature.