Next, she’s taking us back to Zamunda in the highly-anticipated sequel,
Coming 2 America.
When we think of the most important, the most impactful, and the most resonant films of our time, they all have one thing in common—they have all been blessed by the unrivaled talents of Ruth E. Carter, who tells our stories through fashion like no one else.
“When I first came into the industry, I looked for someone like me. I actually wanted a mentor to show me what Hollywood was like. And there were very few people working in costume design,” she told
theGrio. “But I couldn’t find a person of color as a designer and so I felt like those were my shoes I would fill. I wanted to gather as much information about the Hollywood system as I could.”