Donyale Luna: Supermodel | movie | 2023 | Official Trailer
Explores the remarkable life and career of Donyale Luna, one of the first Black supermodels who graced the covers of bot | dG1faXpZVkZlaEhkNGs
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00:00 My complete name is Peggy Anna Danielle Zazia Luna Freeman.
00:07 What sort of racial mixture do all those names come from?
00:10 It's like a melting pot of, say, different nationalities, different people, everything.
00:16 Daniel Luna was like something ethereal.
00:22 If she walked into this room, the whole place would just float.
00:27 I think some people thought that she was from another planet.
00:31 She did not look like any human being I had ever seen or met.
00:36 They always said to her, "Where are you from?"
00:41 And she'd always say, "My name is Luna. I'm from the moon."
00:47 When I saw her, I just realized what great potential she had as a model.
00:55 I said, "If you're ever in New York, give me a call."
00:58 He knew something that I didn't know.
01:01 To go to New York was like Alice in Wonderland.
01:06 People would literally stop their face red from blocks away.
01:12 She was in London. She was in Paris. She was in Italy.
01:16 She hung around with Mia Farrow. She hung around with the Rolling Stones.
01:22 She broke the mold of using black models in the '60s.
01:27 Richard Avedon was one of the greatest fashion photographers of all time.
01:31 He was willing to sign her up for a contract.
01:35 Too extreme for Vogue. Are you kidding me? Rejected.
01:39 I know I'm the best model, so why aren't I being photographed?
01:45 Daniela Luna's being was discounted because she was a black woman,
01:49 and she wasn't even regarded as a full person by most.
01:52 As a human, what she would have experienced in being on the receiving end of that backlash is horrific.
02:01 Where is the place where finally I'm seen for who I am?
02:06 And I am loved for who I am.
02:11 Daniela Luna was the first black woman to be on the cover of Vogue.
02:16 Why don't we know more about her?
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