| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (85 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
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Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
| Performer |
Camille Paglia, Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner, Valarie Walker |
| Event |
Originally produced by The Criterion Collection in 1996. |
| Summary |
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 she navigates a new relationship. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
African Americans.
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Independent films.
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Drama.
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Motion pictures.
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Romance.
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Queer cinema.
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Arts.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Dunye, Cheryl, film director.
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Paglia, Camille, actor.
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Dunye, Cheryl, actor.
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Turner, Guinevere, actor.
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Walker, Valarie, actor.
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The Criterion Collection (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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| Music No. |
14867559 Kanopy |
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