“Donyale Luna: Supermodel," a documentary streaming on Max, offers insight into how the first Black model to grace the covers of Harper s Bazaar and Vogue went largely unknown for years
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Mesmerized by Luna, legendary fashion photographer Richard Avedon signed her for a contract. The two would go on to create images unlike anything being done at the time.
As the first Black model to grace the cover of Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, a muse to Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali and a film star, Donyale Luna’s life story was ready made for Hollywood. A new documentary on her life sheds light on that, unearthing the racism she faced in the fashion industry and the high-profile gatekeepers who tried to stop her career. Luna's daughter, Dream Cazzaniga, narrates her mother's diaries, allowing the model's complexities to be revealed.