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BP - 1

EXT. DEEP SPACE

[A dark screen is lit up by twinkling stars.]

SON: Baba?

FATHER: Yes, my son?

SON: Tell me a story.

FATHER: Which one?

SON: The story of home.

[A meteorite drifts into frame, heading toward tiny Earth off in the distance.]

FATHER: Millions of years ago, a meteorite made of vibranium, the strongest substance in the universe struck the continent of Africa affecting the plant life around it.

[The meteorite hits Africa and we see plant life and animals affected by vibranium.]

FATHER (CONT'D): And when the time of man came, five tribes settled on it and called it Wakanda. The tribes lived in constant war with each other until a warrior shaman received a vision from the Panther goddess Bast who led him to the Heart-Shaped Herb, a plant that granted him superhuman strength, speed, and instincts.

[A visual representation of the five tribes emerges as hands from the sand animation, and we see them unite, then break apart as conflict arises. Bashenga rises above the conflict and eats the Heart-Shaped Herb, proceeding to unite the tribes.]

FATHER (CONT'D): The warrior became King and the first Black Panther, the protector of Wakanda. Four tribes agreed to live under the King's rule, but the Jabari tribe isolated themselves in the mountains.

[We see the Jabari striding off toward the isolated mountain region.]

FATHER (CONT'D): The Wakandans used vibranium to develop technology more advanced than any other nation, but as Wakanda thrived the world around it descended further into chaos.

We see images of war and slavery just outside Wkanda's secretive border.

FATHER (CONT'D): To keep vibranium safe, the Wakandans vowed to hide in plain sight, keeping the truth of their power from the outside world. 

[We see the protective barrier rise around the Wakandan city, as we pull back on the Earth as it spins, now zooming in on another part of the world...]

"Is that all true?" Sirius asks. 

"Yep," Shuri says. 

SON: And we still hide Baba? 

FATHER: Yes. 

SON: Why?

EXT. LAKE MERRITT APARTMENT COMPLEX, OAKLAND - NIGHT - 1992

[Towering apartment buildings loom over the horizon. Kids play pickup basketball on a milk carton hoop when mysterious lights approach from the sky.]

INT. N'JOBU'S APARTMENT/HALLWAY - NIGHT

[An African man, N'JOBU (30s) sorts through firearms and goes over maps with another man, JAMES (20s, African American). Live news footage of the 1992 Los Angeles Riots plays on the TV.]

N'JOBU: Hey look, if we get in and out quick won't be any worries. You in the van come in through from the west, come around the corner, land right here. Me and the twins pulling up right here, we leavin' this car behind, ok? We coming...

[Suddenly, N'Jobu hears something that we don't... a familiar sound.]

N'JOBU (CONT'D): Hide the straps.