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Series
Criterion collection volume 1184
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (10 unnumbered pages)
Language
English
Description
The wry, incisive debut feature by Cheryl Dunye gave cinema something bracingly new and groundbreaking: a vibrant representation of Black lesbian identity by a Black lesbian filmmaker. Dunye stars as Cheryl, a video-store clerk and aspiring director whose interest in forgotten Black actresses leads her to investigate an obscure 1930s performer known as the Watermelon Woman, whose story proves to have surprising resonances with Cheryl's own life as...
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