NEW YORK — ABC will air “Black Pan­ther” com­mer­cial-free Sun­day as a prime-time trib­ute to Chad­wick Boseman.

The film will be fol­lowed by an ABC News Spe­cial, “Chad­wick Bosme­man: A Trib­ute for a King.” Dis­ney said the spe­cial “will cel­e­brate Boseman’s sto­ried life, lega­cy and career” and “shine a light on the med­ical con­di­tion he pri­vate­ly battled.”

Bose­man died Fri­day after a four-year bat­tle with colon can­cer. He was 43.

Walt Dis­ney Co., which owns ABC, released “Black Pan­ther” as well as the oth­er three Mar­vel movies Bose­man appeared in. The film will be broad­cast at 8 p.m. EDT, with the spe­cial fol­low­ing at 10:20 p.m. EDT.

“Black Pan­ther” won three Oscars, was nom­i­nat­ed for best pic­ture and grossed more than $1.3 bil­lion worldwide.

Sunday’s air­ing will make the film wide­ly able at the same time in sev­er­al regions and could a col­lec­tive place to cel­e­brate and grieve Bose­man. He is the lat­est major Black fig­ure to die in 2020, which has already seen the loss of civ­il rights leg­end John Lewis and retired NBA star Kobe Bryant.