Supermodel (film)

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Supermodel
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Film poster
Directed byShawn Baker
Produced byDatari Turner
Starring
Release date
  • June 14, 2015 (2015-06-14)
Running time
98 minutes
Country
  • United States
LanguageEnglish

Supermodel is a 2015 film directed by Shawn Baker and Datari Turner and starring Tyson Beckford, Sessilee Lopez, Tatyana Ali, Fat Joe and Roger Guenveur Smith. It was produced by Datari Turner. [1] [2]

Notes

  1. Barnett, Vanessa (June 1, 2017). "Joan Smalls, Chanel Iman, Jourdan Dunn … What Is It Really Like Being A Black Supermodel?". Hip Hollywood. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  2. Obenson, Tambay A. (November 14, 2014). "Pics From Producer Datari Turner's Latest, 'Supermodel' (Tyson Beckford, Roger Guenveur Smith, Tatyana Ali)". IndieWire . Retrieved July 20, 2017.


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