’s Executive Advisor for Global Equity and Cultural Engagement in 2020 . She’s also on the CFDA’s Board of Directors. I spoke with Hardison and Tcheng about the give-and-take of making of the documentary, her decades-long work for diversity, and eventually who might takeBethann Hardison, with some of the models she represented at her Bethann agency and members of the Black Girls Coalition.Happy Martin Luther King Day, Bethann.
I’m glad they did. I’d seen some of the Battle of Versailles stuff, but not your agency days. Where was that in New York City? What a good metaphor. You’re a pioneer in many ways, including in real estate. I’m curious how you and Frédéric agreed to co-write and co-direct? As a writer I found the moments when Frédéric captures you writing, or your struggle with writing, very moving. I can’t stop thinking about your editor’s note, when the words weren’t coming for your memoir and she said write about the people you’ve touched. Great advice.BH: Yes, and here’s a little tidbit. You know that she has been in my life 30 years and I’ve never met her and she lives in Salt Lake City. It’ll be the first time we see each other [when I’m in Park City for Sundance].