The many sacrifices made for the culture on film sets through career, the things refused to compromise along the way laid the blueprints for us to follow.' I have no doubt that there are similar stories in Boys' and Girls' Clubs and theaters and churches across the country.There is no 'Black Panther' without Denzel Washington. One of those students was late 'Black Panther' star Chadwick Boseman, who said at an American Film Institute ceremony honoring Washington, 'Imagine receiving the letter that your tuition for that summer was paid for and that your benefactor was none other than the dopest actor on the planet.