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The Watermelon Woman

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Sat Oct 18, 4:15 pm at Vidiots Eagle Theater
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Vidiots celebrates Video Store Day! Here’s the quintessential video store movie and a fun and feisty queer romantic comedy from groundbreaking filmmaker Cheryl Dunye.

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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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