Movies
Name the movie that named Carter as the first black person to win an Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Black Panther
What HBCU did she graduate from ?
Hampton University
What was the second movie that made her become the first black woman to win two Oscars for with her costume design ?
Black Panther- Wakanda Forever
When did Ruth discover her passion for costume design?
While in college working in her college's wardrobe department
Name one movie she worked on with Spike Lee
School Daze and/or Do The Right Thing
Who inspired Ruth to start sketching?
Her brother Robert
This movie she costume designed was nominated for an Oscar because of its 19th century Western African and historical American costumes
Amistad
Where is Ruth Carter from?
Springfield, MA
She costume designed this movie by recreating 1960s civil rights era clothing
Selma
What is Ruth Carter's design aesthetic ?
Afrofuturism- merge of Black History & its culture with science fiction