The 7 Movies Chadwick Boseman Made While Fighting Cancer

The world was left reeling from the unexpected death of Chadwick Boseman, who fell victim to colon cancer at the age of 43. It was a battle he fought privately while filming some of his biggest movies, from MCU staples, notable biopics to Spike Lee joints, during his fight against cancer.

After appearing in several other biopics including 2013's 42 and 2014's Get on Up, where he played Jackie Robinson and James Brown, respectively Boseman continued this tradition by playing pioneering Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall in 2017's Marshall.

Directed by Reginald Hudlin, the film focuses specifically on one of the earliest and most important cases of Marshall's career, State of Connecticut vs. Joseph Spell.

Connecticut vs. Spell concerned a Black man who was falsely accused of sexually assaulting a wealthy white woman. After that particular case, in which Marshall passionately fought to prove Spell's innocence, he went on to become the first Black justice on the Supreme Court of the United States.

Marshall performed well with critics, who frequently singled out Boseman's central performance; Peter Travers of Rolling Stone said that the film succeeded based on "Boseman's dramatic lightning."

By this point, Boseman had already proved he was king of the biopic, despite his difficult, ongoing illness. Keep watching to learn about the other Movies Chadwick Boseman Made While Fighting Cancer.

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Marshall (2017) | 0:00
Black Panther (2018) | 1:26
Avengers: Infinity War & Endgame (2018/2019) | 2:58
21 Bridges (2019) | 4:07
Da 5 Bloods (2020) | 5:00
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) | 6:04

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