In honor of Ladies’s Historical past Month, HBO Max has acquired a documentary tracing the creation, rise, and continued significance of Vogue Truthful, the primary cosmetics model particularly designed for Black ladies. From administrators Tiffany Johnson and Kiana Moore, “The Great thing about Blackness” is now streaming, a press launch introduced. The doc is being featured as a part of HBO Max’s Black Voices and Ladies’s Historical past Month curated programming.
Created in 1973 by Ebony and Jet Magazines co-founder Eunice Johnson, Vogue Truthful rapidly achieved “icon standing and…surpassed cultural obstacles to beat magnificence requirements that beforehand excluded folks of coloration.”
The supply continues, “Regardless of revolutionizing the sweetness business and turning into a family identify for each Black and Brown lady within the Seventies, the model confronted a rocky media panorama and encountered challenges as a result of rising opponents. The documentary follows the model’s journey to current day the place, amidst an evolving business with a brand new concentrate on inclusivity, Vogue Truthful Cosmetics has been revived underneath the helm of two entrepreneurs, Desiree Rogers and Cheryl Mayberry McKissack.”
“The Great thing about Blackness” additionally contains interviews with fashions, make-up artists, performers, and extra.
The doc marks the directorial debut of Moore, who’s VP of Content material Manufacturing and Head of Epic Digital at Vox Media. Johnson counts “Expensive White Individuals,” “Black Monday,” and “Twenties” amongst her earlier credit.
