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Date
Wed, Oct 8
Time
5:00PM – 9:00PM
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5:00PM
Welcome Speeches
5:05PM
Where I Became
Under apartheid in South Africa, education and opportunity were scarce, especially for women. When Smith College boldly offered full scholarships to South African women, two accepted. Twelve more would follow, leaving behind everything they knew to pursue education and a better life.
Through interviews with the women, their families, and mentors, Where I Became tells how they escaped a violently divided system and built new lives. Produced by alumnae Jane Dawson Shang, and Tandiwe Njobe, who is one of the fourteen, and directed by Kate Geis, this entirely women-led film is a testament to the power of women’s voices, especially when united.
7:00PM
Invisible Beauty
The essential memoir of fashion pioneer Bethann Hardison, INVISIBLE BEAUTY shines a spotlight on one of the fashion industry’s most influential icons who, as a pioneering Black model, modeling agent and entrepreneur, has pushed the boundaries of fashion culture and has been at the forefront of progress throughout her career. In her lifetime, the singular and unapologetic Hardison has seen the pendulum swing toward and away from the Black model. At every setback, she spoke up and rallied her colleagues and clients in the industry to advance change. Now in her 70s, the Brooklyn native is writing her memoir, taking stock of her own legacy at a moment when the fashion industry is shaken by a racial reckoning. INVISIBLE BEAUTY, co-directed by Hardison and Frédéric Tcheng (Dior and I, Halston), traces her impact on fashion from runway shows in the 1970s to roundtables about the lack of racial diversity in the early 2000s. Featuring intimate interviews with luminaries including Iman, Tyson Beckford, Tracee Ellis Ross, Zendaya, Fran Lebowitz, Pat Cleveland, Naomi Campbell, and Stephen Burrows, INVISIBLE BEAUTY is an absorbing record of the racial evolution of fashion and an original contemplation on the life of an unparalleled trailblazer.