When Laura Harrier got a call from Spike Lee on her holidays – she did what we’d all do – she dropped everything to get back to New York within 24 hours. The result – her powerful performance as Patrice Dumas, a 1970s era student activist – has made her an icon for a new generation.
Today we reveal her exclusive cover for #Hunger15 – wearing Louis Vuitton AW18, styled by Kim Howels and shot by one of our favourite new photographers, Renell Medrano.
Fantasy meets Reality is the theme for Issue 15, and in a wide-ranging interview, Laura shares her own surreal experience of being in the spotlight – “there’s no manual you get given when you become famous. I’m just trying to figure out how to be myself”.
Dealing with racism, white supremacy, police brutality, and sexual assault against women of colour, the film hits home, drawing eerie parallels with Trump’s America.
“It’s hugely important that films like this are being released now,” says Laura, “even though Spike has been doing this since the early 80s. Art needs to reflect the world and for too long there has been such a narrow view of what that is, basically a straight white man’s view. It’s really exciting that other people’s voices are starting to be heard so that we are able to address things like police brutality and white supremacy,”
Read the full interview in Hunger 15 #FantasymeetsReality which will be available in stores and online from 27.09.2018
