In late March, “Black Panther” became the most successful film in sub-Saharan Africa ever. The reasons for this are obvious. The United States is the world’s cultural powerhouse, and Hollywood is the centripetal force of that house. Thus, it is significant for a Hollywood movie to depict Africa in the way the film does. It depicts Africa as a successful enterprise with the world at its feet. Although this depiction as only fictional at present, Africans generally see it as the possibility of an auspicious future. In the aftermath of the film’s success, though, the question remains whether Africans must always rely on Hollywood to make these kind of films. Are African movie directors and writers able to imagine such concepts? Could such films be as successful as “Black Panther”?