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Sofia Prandoni

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Vanessa Williams in "The Odyssey" (dir. Andrei Konchalovsky - 1997).

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Lorraine Pascale shot by Gilles Bensimon ELLE USA, October 1995

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I’m obsessed 😍

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daughters of the dust 1991 | dir. Julie Dash

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Alfre Woodard on Crooklyn (1994) for R29:

“To my knowledge, we hadn’t seen a Black family that was just presented as we are in life, as human beings,” Woodard said. “I get told in Belgium by white Belgians ‘I love Crooklyn, it reminds me of growing up.’ Which is what happens when you tell a story from a specific point of view, you don’t have to mention race. You didn’t get up this morning like ‘I’m a black woman that wants a cup of coffee.’ You just want a cup of coffee. It was us as we are. Just us being fabulous, complex, funny, delightful, and making ends meet. And seeing, even within that story, that we’re not monolithic...The specificity is what makes it universal. Diversity is not the point; showing reality is the point.”

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Erykah Badu photographed by Eric Johnson, 1998

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Vernie Bennett of Eternal [1996]

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Promotional photo for Beverley Knight, ph. Tim Brett-Day [1998]