Filmmaker Alma Har’el helped conceive Time’s 100 Women of the Year issue, designed to recognize the contributions of female leaders, innovators, activists, entertainers, athletes and artists who defined the century from 1920 through 2019. Along with original portraits, the magazine will release 100 covers reflecting the era of each year.
“I don’t think Time has ever done anything this big,” “Honey Boy” director Har’el says, speaking exclusively to Variety. “They usually do one of these covers a year. We’re doing 100 of them.”
“If I felt hungry to take solace in some of the histories of some of these women, I immersed myself in it in the most encompassing way I could,” she adds. The idea was born out of Ha’rel’s frustration and a need to “do something that takes me outside of myself.”
Har’el spent much of 2019 on the awards trail discussing “Honey Boy,” a drama written by and starring Shia Labeouf.
“I don’t think Time has ever done anything this big,” “Honey Boy” director Har’el says, speaking exclusively to Variety. “They usually do one of these covers a year. We’re doing 100 of them.”
“If I felt hungry to take solace in some of the histories of some of these women, I immersed myself in it in the most encompassing way I could,” she adds. The idea was born out of Ha’rel’s frustration and a need to “do something that takes me outside of myself.”
Har’el spent much of 2019 on the awards trail discussing “Honey Boy,” a drama written by and starring Shia Labeouf.
- 3/5/2020
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
During this year's Hot Docs film festival in Toronto, I had the chance to speak with director/photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders about About Face: Supermodels Then and Now, a documentary that captures much more than the one-dimensional portraits of iconic supermodels whose familiar visages have been splashed across magazines, billboards, and catalogs for decades. His casual and easy demeanor with women like Cheryl Tiegs, Beverly Johnson, Isabella Rossellini, China Machado, Christy Turlington and Carol Alt encourages a frank level of anecdotal dialogue that occasionally manages to go beyond the easy-breezy world of fashion and into the more sinister aspects behind the business of beauty. It's fascinating, entertaining, and more than a little enlightening to hear the insight offered from industry veterans on topics like racism, drugs, exploitation, plastic...
- 8/5/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Though the women (and one man, Calvin Klein) interviewed in photographer and filmmaker Timothy Greenfield-Sanders' new documentary about supermodels and aging are all veterans of the scene — from Christy Turlington, 43, to China Machado, 81 — the brief autobiographies and discussions of their heyday do little to illuminate anything new about the fashion world. Peppered throughout, though, are personal comments begging to be further explored. Photos: Christian Dior's Fall/Winter 2013 Haute Couture: Raf Simons Debuts First Collection for Fashion House The project is done in Greenfield-Sanders' trademark portrait style, but the impact of that intimacy is diminished
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- 7/30/2012
- by Allison Keene
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Some of the world's most beautiful women speak frankly in a new documentary about the fashion industry's cult of youth
It is difficult to imagine why anyone would not want Isabella Rossellini at their party. But according to the 60-year-old model and actress, her age has led to her name dropping off glitzy guest lists.
"For sure, my social status has diminished because, for sure, I'm not invited to the A parties any more. My daughter is," she said.
Rossellini is among a group of women, famous for their beauty, who have taken part in a new documentary talking frankly about coping with getting older in a society and an industry notoriously in love with youth.
About Face: The Supermodels Then and Now will be shown on cable television later this summer having premiered at the Sundance film festival earlier this year. It is a "slice of history", according to Beverly Johnson,...
It is difficult to imagine why anyone would not want Isabella Rossellini at their party. But according to the 60-year-old model and actress, her age has led to her name dropping off glitzy guest lists.
"For sure, my social status has diminished because, for sure, I'm not invited to the A parties any more. My daughter is," she said.
Rossellini is among a group of women, famous for their beauty, who have taken part in a new documentary talking frankly about coping with getting older in a society and an industry notoriously in love with youth.
About Face: The Supermodels Then and Now will be shown on cable television later this summer having premiered at the Sundance film festival earlier this year. It is a "slice of history", according to Beverly Johnson,...
- 7/28/2012
- by Tracy McVeigh
- The Guardian - Film News
"Despite the Gods"
Aussie filmmaker Penny Vozniak's "Lost in La Mancha"-esque documentary “Despite The Gods," following director Jennifer Lynch and her experiences making her third film in India, is a low budget docu-delight. Lynch is the beating, empathic heart of the film, an endearing combination of raw emotional honesty and self-deprecating humor. After surviving a critical flogging at 19 for her first film "Boxing Helena," and enjoying the relative success of her second film "Surveillance," Lynch still had a lot to prove with her third film. However it is clear from day one this will not be the film she envisions it to be. The film in question is "Hisss," a Bollywood action tale of a snake that turns into a woman, and then back again. Though Vozniak's film is an interesting look behind the scenes at some the challenges of being an American director shooting in India (no...
Aussie filmmaker Penny Vozniak's "Lost in La Mancha"-esque documentary “Despite The Gods," following director Jennifer Lynch and her experiences making her third film in India, is a low budget docu-delight. Lynch is the beating, empathic heart of the film, an endearing combination of raw emotional honesty and self-deprecating humor. After surviving a critical flogging at 19 for her first film "Boxing Helena," and enjoying the relative success of her second film "Surveillance," Lynch still had a lot to prove with her third film. However it is clear from day one this will not be the film she envisions it to be. The film in question is "Hisss," a Bollywood action tale of a snake that turns into a woman, and then back again. Though Vozniak's film is an interesting look behind the scenes at some the challenges of being an American director shooting in India (no...
- 5/1/2012
- by Samantha Chater
- The Playlist
Essential ViewingA Look Back...This was a major week for politicians as well as Hollywood celebrities. President Barack Obama delivered his hopeful annual State of the Union address, while Joy Bryant, Terrence Howard, and more hit the wintery slopes of Utah for the Sundance Film Festival. Plus, several legendary models reunited for the Tribute to the Models of Versailles 1973 event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Take a look back at the week in photos...Michelle ObamaFirst Lady Michelle Obama wore a Rachel Roy dove gray number to this week's State of the Union Address on Tuesday. She also wore a black and white ribbon in honor of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.Joan SmallsJoan Smalls worked Paris' runway at the Christian Dior Show. Fierce!Will and Jada SmithWill and Jada Smith have a private moment on set Willow's new music video, "21st Century Girl." Love these two!Willow SmithWillow Smith shot...
- 1/28/2011
- Essence
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