The Super Models
The Super Models Trailer - Plot Synopsis: This is going to be legendary. The Super Models premieres September 20, 2023 on Apple TV.
Hailing from Imagine Documentaries and One Story Up and directed by Academy Award winner Roger Ross Williams and Larissa Bills, the four-part series spotlights the remarkable careers of Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington. Unprecedented access to the models takes viewers behind the camera and beyond the catwalk, revealing how they dominated the elite modeling world while illuminating a bond that single-handedly shifted the power dynamic of an entire industry.
“The Super Models” travels back to the 1980s, when four women from different corners of the world united in New York. Already forces in their own right, the gravitas they achieved by coming together transcended the industry itself. Their prestige was so extraordinary that it enabled the four to supersede the brands they showcased, making the names Naomi, Cindy, Linda and Christy as prominent as the designers who styled them. Today, the four supermodels remain on the frontlines of culture through activism, philanthropy and business prowess. As the fashion industry continues to redefine itself — and women’s roles within it — this is the ultimate story of power and how four women came together to claim it, paving the way for those to follow.
Song: “Freedom! 90” by George Michael
Hailing from Imagine Documentaries and One Story Up and directed by Academy Award winner Roger Ross Williams and Larissa Bills, the four-part series spotlights the remarkable careers of Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington. Unprecedented access to the models takes viewers behind the camera and beyond the catwalk, revealing how they dominated the elite modeling world while illuminating a bond that single-handedly shifted the power dynamic of an entire industry.
“The Super Models” travels back to the 1980s, when four women from different corners of the world united in New York. Already forces in their own right, the gravitas they achieved by coming together transcended the industry itself. Their prestige was so extraordinary that it enabled the four to supersede the brands they showcased, making the names Naomi, Cindy, Linda and Christy as prominent as the designers who styled them. Today, the four supermodels remain on the frontlines of culture through activism, philanthropy and business prowess. As the fashion industry continues to redefine itself — and women’s roles within it — this is the ultimate story of power and how four women came together to claim it, paving the way for those to follow.
Song: “Freedom! 90” by George Michael
Category
📺
TVTranscript
00:00 It wasn't about the fashion.
00:01 It was about the women.
00:03 That's what a supermodel is.
00:05 - It's the first time we're all together in our 50s.
00:14 - You see our photo, so you feel that you know us.
00:19 - When you come together with your chosen family,
00:22 I think that's emotional.
00:24 - There's something about that shared history that we have.
00:29 - I feel blessed that we're here today.
00:33 - We've all gone through so many things in our own lives.
00:37 - Cindy, Linda, Kristy, Naomi are still redefining
00:44 what it means to be a model.
00:46 - There was a feeling about them that they wanted more.
00:52 - I was not seen as a person who had a voice
00:56 in her own destiny.
00:58 - He said you should lose five pounds.
01:00 I got scared I didn't belong.
01:02 - But Linda's a chameleon.
01:04 She could really become whatever the photographer
01:07 wanted her to become.
01:08 - I would do all these great shows,
01:10 wear all these beautiful dresses,
01:12 but then it would come time to the advertising
01:14 and I would not be included.
01:16 I wasn't gonna be bullied for the color of my skin.
01:19 - What I loved about the girls, they were a group.
01:22 And that was so fabulous.
01:24 - We were always together and we made great photos together.
01:27 - You know, I just felt like to be together as a group,
01:29 it just was so fun.
01:31 - They were my sisters.
01:33 You get this phone call that George Michael
01:35 wants to shoot us in his video.
01:36 - We made a decision, I will do it.
01:38 - I'm gonna do it.
01:39 - Yes, okay, I'll do it.
01:40 ♪ Freedom ♪
01:42 - Everything changed.
01:43 - You can start to call the shots
01:44 and be an active participant in your career.
01:47 - All of a sudden, we were the physical representations
01:50 of power.
01:51 - I wanted to go further.
01:52 I wanted to push the envelope.
01:55 - They brought their artistry to the image.
01:58 - They would see things we didn't necessarily see.
02:00 They're like the Mona Lisa, the face of her era.
02:03 They're larger than life.
02:04 - We helped break down barriers.
02:08 - I have to think of something greater than myself.
02:10 - When I first was referred to as a supermodel,
02:13 I was like, why are they calling us this?
02:16 - It wasn't about the hair and the makeup.
02:18 It wasn't about the fashion.
02:20 It was about the women.
02:24 That's what a supermodel is.
02:25 (upbeat music)
02:28 (upbeat music)
02:30 (upbeat music)
02:33 (upbeat music)
02:36 (upbeat music)
02:38 [BLANK_AUDIO]