The Watermelon Woman

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Fri Jan 26, 8:30 pm at Videotheque

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Screening as part of Videotheque's "Video Store Days" series featuring 1990s video stores -- Cheryl Dunye's milestone 1996 film The Watermelon Woman is a must-see, a fresh, witty film that has gone from being debated in Congress to part of the Criterion collection.

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The Watermelon Woman

Cheryl Dunye

1996

85 min

United States

English

Movie Summary: Cheryl, a young black lesbian, works a day job in a video store while trying to make a film about a black actress from the 1930s known for playing the stereotypical “mammy” roles relegated to black actresses during that period. This was the first feature film directed by an “out” black lesbian.

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