By
Adriana Castillo
In recent years Marvel became one of the first international companies to transform the narratives of its productions in favor of inclusion. Thanks to this, artists from all over the world have had the opportunity to share their talent regardless of their language, gender identity, or skin color. An example of this much-needed change in society is reflected in Black Panther Wakanda Forever, where Mexican actors and musicians collaborated for the first time with the UCM outside of stereotypes.
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In an interview with Infobae Mexico Vivir Quintana applauded the work that she and her fellow artists did on this new film, believing that each of them, from their respective backgrounds, managed to inspire new generations of women who dream of one day joining the entertainment industry in global projects or working in fields that are considered very distant.
With much affection he acknowledged Tenoch Huerta's performance as Namor, but on this occasion she focused her attention on talking about the representation of women in the film industry, especially Mexican women, because she believes that in a certain way they are making history by paving the way, just as Salma Hayek did in her time in Eternals.
“We are now reaching that point where We are realizing the great power that we women have and should have., especially in this film in which it was previously believed that Mexicans, men and women, could only aspire to certain roles, to certain characters, and now to be the protagonists of the stories, the protagonists of the songs, to be in these projects so big for me, I think that It's one of the things we've been doing “This kind of songs, this kind of music, of struggle,” he said.
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Vivir Quintana assured that in addition to the science fiction story that is told Black Panther Wakanda Forever The message that she undoubtedly took away was female empowerment and she applauded the social issues that were addressed, as she considers it to have a very strong and powerful impact: “Seeing that a lot of Mexicans work there makes me very happy.”.
The Mexican singer-songwriter recognized internationally for Song without fear was part of the soundtrack of Black Panther Wakanda Forever with Trees under the sea in collaboration with Zapotec rapper Mare Aviso Lirika. As she explained during the interview, she didn't find out she would be part of the film until a few days before the theatrical release, as everything had been kept secret from the moment she received the invitation.
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“In March they called me to be in a 'very nice and important' project, but They don't tell you more; I went to the studio and it was just a 'It's a project for Marvel"That's where I met Ludwig, and he was a really nice person, which helped the creative process, which was truly crazy. He started asking me questions like, 'When you were little, what did you like to eat? What do your parents do? Where are you from?' So, we were very introspective, but then Mare Aviso Lirika came along, and that's when the challenge began," she said.
"He told us to come to the studio and said, 'I'm going to tell you that it's a film where we want to give a lot of importance to women, especially mothers, because they are very important, but later you'll find out why.' So You have one hour to write a song.' One hour already blind! He just played the background music for us, and they can go from there,” he added.
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