How ‘Black Panther’ changed everything for Sandra Bullock and her kids.

As a Hollywood -Alister who’s been in the film industry for years, you’d guess Sandra Bullock would be unflappable. But there’s still something that can bring her to tears — “Black Panther.”

Bullock couldn’t help but rave about the film when she met the cast backstage at the Academy Awards on March 4.

“I started to cry backstage when I was telling[ the casting of “Black Panther”] how much the movie meant to me as a woman, but how much it meant to me as a mother, ” Bullock said in a red carpet interview with “Access Hollywood.”

Left: Sandra Bullock photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/ Getty Images. Right: Lupita Nyong’o( L) and Danai Gurira. Photo by Christopher Polk/ Getty Images.

Bullock is the mother of two black children, Louis, 8, and Laila, 5, through adoption. The movie’s all-black cast, dynamic female characters, and Afro-futuristic specifying are a refreshing change of speed for adult filmgoers. But for children , particularly children of coloring, ensure a black king, and the intelligent, fierce black ladies presidents is downright inspiring.

Photo by Tony Karumba/ AFP/ Getty Images.

And for children of coloring this type of visibility is long overdue.

Children of color are still underrepresentedwhen it comes to toys, books, Tv proves, apps, and plays. Seeing entertainment options with visible, dynamic, leading characters of color requires a little extra time, patience, or in a number of cases, getting creative.

“I’m so grateful to Marvel because about five years ago, my son asked me if there were any brown Legos. And I said,’ Yes, there are, ’ and I got a Sharpie and I became Spider-Man brown, I turned the Legos brown … ”

But with the success of films like “Black Panther” there is a glimmer of hope .</ b>

The film is already breaking records at the box office, earning more than $500 milliondomestically since its freeing 18 weeks ago.

Now, industry insiders indicate “Black Panther” could make nearly $250 millionin merchandise sales this year alone. With masks, act figures, clothes, Lego, and even a vehicle, Bullock and other parents of children of color will eventually get the opportunity to celebrate and support a hero of color on the big screen.

Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/ AFP/ Getty Images.

It’s a moment many think would never come.

Parents, including Bullock, are rejoicing.

“I don’t have to turn[ the Lego] brown anymore, ” Bullock said.

Happy tears, indeed.

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