Invisible Beauty
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“The Feeling of Interconnectedness We Share as Humans”: Editor Chris McNabb on Invisible Beauty
The impressive life and career of model and activist Bethann Hardison is the focus of Invisible Beauty, co-directed by Frédéric Tcheng and Hardison herself. From Hardison’s experience as a Black runway model in the ’70s to her vocal advocacy for more diversity in the fashion world in the 2000s, her decades-spanning commitment to fighting racism in the field is front and center in this documentary. Editor Chris McNabb details their experience cutting the film, which included incorporating Hardison’s memoir-writing journey. See all responses to our annual Sundance editor interviews here. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the editor […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jan 28, 2023 -
“I Drew From My Love of Heightened Naturalism”: DP Mia Cioffi Henry on Invisible Beauty
The documentary Invisible Beauty offers insight into the life and long-spanning career of fashion model and activist Bethann Hardison. In fact, the film’s subject also serves as co-director alongside Frédéric Tcheng, speaking candidly about walking runways as a Black model in the ’70s to participating in roundtables about racism in the fashion industry in the aughts. Mia Cioffi Henry, the film’s cinematographer, talks about her existing admiration for Hardison and how she approaching shooting the fashion icon and her home. See all responses to our annual Sundance cinematographer interviews here. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the cinematographer […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jan 28, 2023 -
“Getting Out of My Own Way Was the Objective” | Bethann Hardison and Frédéric Tcheng, Invisible Beauty
Every production faces unexpected obstructions that require creative solutions and conceptual rethinking. What was an unforeseen obstacle, crisis, or simply unpredictable event you had to respond to, and how did this event impact or cause you to rethink your film? Bethann Hardison: I’m not sure if it was an obstacle…but getting out of my own way was the objective. Wanting to tell the story and being the story required letting go and allowing total exposure when you were maybe not in the mood. For me, being the co-director and subject was a challenge to allow my directing partner to capture […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jan 21, 2023
