'Black Panther' Star Chadwick Boseman Remembered With Documentary Features

 Editor's Note: This story was originally published in August 2020 and has been updated for comprehensiveness. 

It's been 5 years since Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman died from a four-year battle with colon cancer. The actor was only 43.

Since his death, the acting icon has been the subject of two documentaries highlighting his short but impactful film career, with a third, untitled documentary on the way. 

Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist aired on Netflix in 2021. The short documentary was an intimate look at Boseman's acting career through interviews with his colleagues. 

Chadwick Boseman: The King, available on Amazon Prime and Apple TV, explored the actor's specific impact on the biographical film genre through his time playing characters like Jackie Robinson in  42.  

The latest effort is an untitled project being led by Words and Pictures studio, the same film studio that produced the recent Christopher Reeve documentary, Super/Man.

Following his death, Boseman's social media accounts released a statement on Twitter and Instagram.

The statement reveals that the actor was diagnosed with stage three colon cancer in 2016 and "battled with it" as it eventually got to stage four.

The statement also revealed that Boseman stayed busy filming movies like Marshal, Da 5 Bloods, and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.

The statement also revealed that he died at home with his family by his side.

Boseman's fight with colon cancer was not previously reported prior to his death. However, the actor had looked more gaunt over the last year, with fans on social media speculating about his health.

As soon as the news started, circulating, Boseman's peers came to social media to send out their best wishes. Sterling K Brown, Janelle Monáe, Mark Ruffalo, Issa Rae, and more released statements.

Chadwick Boseman was born and raised in South Carolina to his mother Carolyn, who was a nurse, and his father Leroy, a textile worker. Boseman would go on to attend Howard University and get a degree in directing.

After a long career in TV, Boseman's first big break came in 2013 when he played Jackie Robinson in 42. After that, Boseman would build a reputation for historical characters; he played James Brown in Get on Up and Thurgood Marshall in Marshall. Boseman's career reached new heights l when he was chosen to play T'Challa, better known as Black Panther, for the Marvel Cinematic Universe.  He played T'Challa in Captain America: Civil War, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. Boseman was set to play the character again in the upcoming Black Panther sequel.

Chadwick Boseman's last film was Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, which was released on Netflix in November 2020.