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Eleanor Pringle

French defense minister slams Black Panther movie for 'deceptive representation' of troops

The Black Panther Wakanda Forever poster (Credit: Disney)

A high-profile French politician has slammed Marvel Studios' Black Panther: Wakanda Forever movie for "false and deceptive representations" of the European country's military force.

A scene from the film, released in November, shows French mercenaries brought before an international hearing accused of stealing from the fictional country of Wakanda. A journalist who tweeted the clip this weekend pointed out that the actors in the film are wearing costumes similar to the uniforms worn by troops carrying out Operation Barkhane in Mali.

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