SACRAMENTO, CA (MARKOV/CNN) - The Marvel blockbuster, "Black Panther" is not only shattering box office records, it is also inspiring some groups to help get more African Americans registered to vote.
Excitement about the film is electrifying many across the country and activists with the Electoral Selective Project are trying to harness that energy to push more African Americans to the polls.
Their movement is called, “Wankanda the Vote.”
Wakanda is a technologically-supreme fictional country and an idyllic society where Africans live peacefully and self-sufficiently, hidden away from the outside world.
The Greater Sacramento Urban League is eager to mobilize local volunteers and take advantage of the movement.
Organizers released a how-to guide, encouraging volunteers to gather a squad, research state laws and head to a theater to register new voters.
"We can vote as a people and we can make a difference," said Cassandra Jennings of the Greater Sacramento Urban League. "Often times we think our vote doesn't matter because historically, and still in some states, they're trying to suppress our vote."
Ericka Claudio answered the call in Atlanta.
"I think that the movie has definitely set a tone in the black community to encourage black folks to get out and protect their own Wakandas," said Claudio of Wankanda the Vote. " (I) walked right in the theater and started asking folks in line."
Claudio said many of the people she spoke to were already registered to vote but didn't know this year was an election year.
Tequila Miller said taking her 9-year-old daughter to see the film is a step towards helping her find the power in her own voice.
"If we can come together and watch a movie, we should be able to come together like they did before and come together and get out to the polls and vote,” she said.
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