After crossing the $1 billion dollar mark this weekend, Black Panther is increasingly emerging as a blockbuster with unforeseen impact. Thrown almost as a challenge to known assumptions about what makes a great superhero movie, the filmmakers were surprisingly rewarded for their on-screen courage. In addition to attracting thousands of movie watchers, the movie is also drawing the positive attention of critics, and finally gaining the professional recognition it deserves.

For much of the audience, the diversity of the cast did not go unnoticed and made the critical and popular praise received for the film feel even more significant. However, seeing their dark skin tones and natural hairstyles, I couldn’t help but wonder —

Would commercial computer vision models be able to recognize Black Panther actors in the same way the critics do?