The long tradition of underrepresentation and stereotypical portrayals of women and people of colour in Hollywood is slowly changing, one of the evident examples of this is the movie, Black Panther. This thesis was concerned with the analysis of characters in the movie Black Panther. The intersectional approach was applied to determine the intersections between race and gender on the example of women in Black Panther. The intersectional analysis demonstrated a highly progressive representation of women in Wakanda. Women take up a significant and central role in Wakanda and are, therefore, crucial to the narrative. They are not just sidekicks to the superhero Black Panther. Other than intersectionality, elements of Black Panther that were also explored were Afrofuturism as well as the general fight of right vs wrong between the main villain and superhero and its underlying symbolism. It is important to emphasise, the film leads in the positive portrayal of African Americans in cinema and has secured its place in contemporary popular culture as Marvel’s first superhero of African descent.