Donyale Luna: Supermodel | movie | 2023 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

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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