Ryan Coogler

Young Black men and the legacies they inherit. Fruitvale Station spends a day in Oakland with Oscar Grant. In Creed, Adonis Johnson, son of the boxer Apollo Creed, asks Rocky Balboa to train him. Black Panther has King T'Challa return to rule Wakanda and face a challenge to his throne.

Signature

• Oakland and Black American identity.
• Fathers, sons and inherited burdens.
• Michael B. Jordan in Fruitvale Station, Creed and Black Panther.
• Franchises revived through personal stories.