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Title The watermelon woman / a film by Cheryl Dunye ; written and directed by Cheryl Dunye ; produced by Barry Swimar, Alexandra Juhasz
Published [United States] : Dancing Girl Productions, 1996
©1997

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Description 1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 86 min.)) : sound, color with black and white
Summary Cheryl Dunye's debut feature is as controversial as it is sexy and funny. Cheryl is a twenty-something black lesbian working as a clerk in a video store while struggling to make a documentary about Fae Richards, an obscure black actress from the 1930's. Cheryl is surprised to discover that Richards (known popularly as "the Watermelon Woman") had a white lesbian lover. At the same time, Cheryl falls in love with a very cute white customer at the video store (Guinevere Turner from Go Fish). Such are the complexities of race and sex in this startlingly fresh debut, which has been attacked by conservative Congressmen for having been funded by the NEA and lavishingly praised in the editorial pages for being charming and courageous
Notes Digitally preserved and remastered by UCLA Film & Television Archive as part of the Outfest UCLC Legacy Project"--Title screens
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1996
Credits Cinematographer, Michelle Crenshaw ; editor, Annie Taylor ; composer, Paul Shaprio
Cast Cheryl Dunye (Cheryl), Guinevere Turner (Diana), Valarie Walker (Tamara), Lisa Marie Bronson (Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards)
Notes Soundtrack in English
Description based on online resource; title from title screens (Kanopy, viewed November 4, 2019)
Winner, Best Feature Film, Berlin International Film Festival
Subject African American women motion picture producers and directors -- Drama
Lesbian motion picture producers and directors -- Drama
African American lesbians -- Drama
Interracial dating -- Drama
Lesbians -- Drama
African American women in motion pictures -- Drama
Lesbians in motion pictures -- Drama
Lesbians, Black -- Drama
African American actresses -- Drama
Lesbians, Black
African American actresses
Documentary films
Lesbians
Genre/Form Streaming video
Fiction films
Drama
Documentary-style films
Documentary films
Feature films
LGBTQ+ films.
Feature films.
Documentary-style films.
Fiction films.
Comedy films.
Lesbian films.
Romance
Comedy
Docufictions.
Films de fiction.
Films comiques.
Films lesbiens.
Form Streaming video
Author Dunye, Cheryl, screenwriter, film director, actor.
Swimar, Barry, film producer.
Juhasz, Alexandra, film producer.
Crenshaw, Michelle, director of photography
Taylor, Annie, editor and co-executive producer, editor of moving image work.
Shapiro, Paul, 1956- composer (expression)
Turner, Guinevere, actor.
Walker, Valarie, actor.
Bronson, Lisa Marie, actor.
Dancing Girl Productions, production company.