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‘The Super Models’ Explores Power And Impact Of Campbell, Crawford, Turlington And Evangelista: “They Were The First Influencers” – Contenders TV: Doc + Unscripted


Roger Ross Williams and Larissa Bills discuss their documentary The Super Models about the cultrural impact of Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell and more.

The Apple TV+ docuseries The Super Models hearkens to the 1990s when four extraordinary beauties ruled the covers of fashion magazines and popular culture: Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford and Linda Evangelista. And they were the first influencers … way before there were cell phones or anything,” executive producer and director Roger Ross Williams said during an appearance at Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted event. Campbell, as a Black woman, had it toughest of all, trying to make it in an industry that didn’t value women of color on a par with white models.

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