We're back with Chadwick Boseman and if you follow me
on Twitter, which really obviously you should,
you know that I recently tweeted out
GoFundMe page that was started as a way
to take deserving kids to see the upcoming movie
"Black Panther."
And the response has been amazing.
The guy who started it all is in our audience today.
He has no idea I'm about to call him down.
Frederick Joseph, where are you?
And come on down.
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Hello.
Hi Ellen and Hi Chadwick.
How you doing, man?
I was watching you dance earlier.
You're a very good dancer.
Well I was trying to battle, you know, and then her right there.
She made me look bad so I sat down.
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By the way, Chadwick you need to know her.
She wants to be an actress and a stunt person.
So we're going to try to help her out.
She looks like she could be a Dora.
She's amazing.
Yes.
She's amazing.
So we're actually going to help you out.
OK Frederick, back to you.
Tell us what you do.
What do you do?
I'm a marketing consultant specifically focused
in the nonprofit and cause space.
OK and why did you come up with this idea?
So for me, it's funny.
We had just went to see Coco.
For those of you who haven't seen Coco
I would suggest seeing Coco.
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And we were talking about how important that film is
for representation and inclusion and just how children nowadays,
or just children generally, it's important
that they see themselves in entertainment.
Whether they are a young girl, a child of color,
a child from the LGBTQ community.
And how important these films are, like "Black Panther."
So I decided that I was going to try
to bring kids to see the "Black Panther" film so that they can
see themselves in this story and see a black King in Africa
protected by the fiercest warriors in the nation who
all happen to be black women.
So I wanted to raise $10,000 so they can go and not only have
tickets to film, but also enjoy themselves and have all
the concessions and whatnot.
And to date, we've actually raised now close to $42,000.
$42,000.
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I mean we wanted Chadwick to stick around
to hear this story.
Isn't this amazing?
Yeah, it's been a great, great situation.
Because now, not only will the kids in Harlem,
I originally started it for them,
but now we actually started the "Black Panther" challenge.
For those of you #BlackPantherChallenge,
if you want to go out and start campaigns around the country.
We've actually had Snoop and Chelsea Clinton's
gotten involved and Soledad O'Brien, DeRay McKesson,
so many awesome people.
And now we're looking at thousands of children
seeing the "Black Panther" film across the nation.
That's amazing.
OK, well we have one more surprise for you,
besides being here.
We have a surprise.
Jeannie, are you there?
Hi Ellen!
Hi Jeannie.
Jeannie, tell everybody where you.
Who are you with?
So right now I am at the Boys and Girls Club of Harlem
with the Executive director, Miss Dominique
and all of these amazing, amazing kiddos.
Say hi to Ellen, everybody.
Say hi!
Hi!
So Dominique you have support from all around the world.
That's pretty cool.
It's amazing.
We're just so pleased that people really see the hard work
that our team is doing every day.
And we have these beautiful kids here
who deserve to have great experiences like the experience
that Frederick is giving them.
So we thank you.
Thank you so much.
Well Frederick, here's what we're going to do.
We're going to take care of the screening.
So the $42,000 is actually going to be
able to go to the Boys and Girls Club in Harlem.
And you can use that in any way you want, Dominique.
Because you raised that.
More after this, we'll be right back.
And Jeannie, I heard there are some kids there
that want to say something to Frederick.
Yes, I've got [? Deriel, ?] [? Jania, ?] and Matthew.
OK, [? Deriel, ?] go ahead what's you want to say?
Well I want to start off by saying thank you for donating
so much money to us.
And I can't wait to see the movie.
I love that.
OK [? Jania, ?] go ahead.
I want to give a big thank you to Frederick because,
for raising even more money than me even
asked for to see this "Black Panther" movie.
Thank you so much.
I just wanted to give you a big thank you.
I love that, OK Matthew, what do you think?
I just want to say, it's amazing to see someone
with the same skin color of me to be on such a big movie.
I love the "Avengers" and I can't wait
to see you on the big screen.
What did you want to say, bud?
Are you excited?
Yeah I'm excited to see this movie.
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All right.
So here's the thing.
So Frederick is raising all of this money
and trying to help out kids, but you yourself are in debt.
So our friends at Shutterfly love helping people
with their inspiring stories like yours
and they want to give you a check for $20,000
to help get you out of debt.
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If you want to find out more about Black Panther Challenge,
check out my website.