Ruth E. Carter Talks Best Costume Design Win For 'Black Panther' | Oscars 2019 - video Dailymotion

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Carter spoke backstage about her win, working with 3D printing and more.

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00:00Is there one specific costume or one specific character whose costume you think earned you this award?

00:06Oh, I think that this was a very difficult category to win.

00:12And based on the fact that we used new technology, could have tipped the iceberg for me.

00:19All the nominees had brilliant costumes, but I had 3D printing.

00:25And that might have done it.

00:27We're going to 105 and then 169.

00:31Ruth Carter, congratulations.

00:32Stephanie Frederick with TV One.

00:35Please talk a bit about what this night means for you.

00:39Making history.

00:41Wow.

00:42I dreamed of this night.

00:44I dreamed of this night and I prayed for this night, honestly.

00:49Not only just for being a hardworking costume designer, but what it would mean for young people coming behind me.

00:56Because, you know, this came from grassroots, you know.

00:59I started it with independent film with Spike Lee.

01:02And it rose through 40 films, 50 films, and two Oscar nominations without a win.

01:10But I dreamed of this night.

01:12And now I hope that now I won't, we won't necessarily have to wait for another first.

01:17First, we have the first.

01:20Going to 169 and then 61.

01:23Hello.

01:24Where are you?

01:25To your left.

01:26Oh, hi.

01:26Hello, Ruth.

01:27Congratulations.

01:28It's Christian from Austrian television.

01:30As you mentioned 3D.

01:31Yes.

01:32There was a little bit of your costume design also from the Austrian designer, Julia Koerner.

01:37Who printed the crown.

01:38The 3D crown, yes.

01:40How did you come to her and how was it to work with her?

01:43Well, Julia Koerner is a brilliant and very smart architect professor at UCLA who took the Ishikolo,

01:54the South African married woman's hat, and she designed the algorithms in the computer

02:00and sent it to Belgium where we had it 3D printed.

02:04If it weren't for her brilliance, we would not have that costume in the Black Panther for sure.

02:1061 and then 27.

02:13How's it going?

02:14I'm Jay Connor from The Root.

02:15Hi.

02:16And my question is, is the first black person to win this award?

02:19What do you feel this award means for other black creatives?

02:22Well, it just means that we've opened up the door.

02:24Finally, the door is wide open and I've been struggling and, you know, digging deep and mentoring

02:32and doing whatever I could to raise others up.

02:37And I hope through my example, this means that there is hope and other people can come on in

02:44and win an Oscar just like I did.

02:46We'll go to 27 and then 23.

02:49So congratulations on Mark Williams over here.

02:53Hi.

02:53You're on Howdy.

02:54So in spite of or in addition to the newness of the technique, talk about the sourcing,

03:00not only going back, in some case, centuries for the African side,

03:03but even more specifically 50 years for the comic book and the Jack Kirby sensibility.

03:08How much of that, if any, affected some of the design choices?

03:12Oh, absolutely.

03:13There were several iterations of the Black Panther story through every comic book writer and illustrator,

03:20but it all started with Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and their idea that the black community in the 60s needed a superhero.

03:28And guess what?

03:29The black community in 2019, 18, needed a superhero as well.

03:34So with that, we created a new Wakanda because it's a forward nation.

03:40It's a forward in technology.

03:42So we couldn't really use the old tech from the other comics.

03:46We had to create new tech.

03:48And with that, the ideas were open to us to be creative.

03:53We're going to 23, and then I do have to end it all.

03:57I'll end it with 124 down front.

03:58Hi, Ruth.

03:59Tanya Hart, American Urban Radio Networks.

04:01I told you you were going to win out on the red carpet.

04:04How are you?

04:04Congratulations.

04:06Cheers to you.

04:06Okay, in this business, we all know it's all about the detail.

04:09And what you do, in any costume designer, there are just so many little details.

04:13So what is it in this movie that stands out to you that really had you crazy over the details?

04:19Oh, well, I love the neck rings from the Ndebele tribe.

04:24I love the use of leather skins from the Himbo women.

04:29I love the symbolism of the beadwork on the Dora Milaje.

04:33I love how the Dora Milaje costume honors the female form and doesn't exploit it.

04:41And so there were several things that really brought so much pride and responsibility

04:48to the crafting of these costumes to show that you can also be beautiful and be a warrior

04:56and not be exploited.

04:58And we'll end with 124.

05:00Hi.

05:01Right here.

05:03Oh, hey.

05:03Hi.

05:04Lepakazo Sandoval, New York, Amsterdam News.

05:06Hi.

05:07Hey.

05:07I was interviewing Robbie Reed.

05:10Yes.

05:10And she helped me form a question.

05:12Okay.

05:13So it's Ruthie, freshman year.

05:15Yes.

05:16Did you see yourself standing here and what would you tell yourself, your young self now?

05:20I would tell my young self that through the hard work, through the whatever you might have

05:29felt or you might have been afraid of, that you are doing the right thing, that you should

05:37not, fear not, because, you know, tomorrow is yours.

05:43Thank you so much and congratulations.

Ruth E. Carter Talks Best Costume Design Win For 'Black Panther' | Oscars 2019

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