[Update] Ava DuVernay is the Black Woman Superhero We Want and Need, But is She the One We Deserve?

[Update] Well, turns out that Ava DuVernay WON’T be directing Black Panther after all. The director said in her own words:

“I’m not signing on to direct Black Panther. I think I’ll just say we had different ideas about what the story would be. Marvel has a certain way of doing things and I think they’re fantastic and a lot of people love what they do. I loved that they reached out to me.” There’s a lot to speculate on what exactly that means, and brings into question just what conflict on the story and narrative that they differed on. Either way, not exactly the best look for Marvel, who had the opportunity to expand its diversity in the films both in front of and behind the camera, but we may find out where the break down was at some point in the future. With that kind of exit and that fine a point on it, its likely that DuVernay won’t be directing any Marvel flicks in the near future. But hey, DC has about two million films coming out too and they could use all the help they can get as well. The following was originally published on June 23rd, 2015 ***This is based on speculative news about the Blank Panther film by several sources. As of now, the news has not been officially confirmed by Marvel.*** When I was in junior high, I remember that my history teacher gave us a choice for our year end test. He had two tests that we could take: One was 25 questions long and the following week. The other was 40 questions but in two weeks. As a class, we naïve teens elected to take t…