The watermelon woman / Dancing Girl Productions ; produced by Barry Swimar, Alexandra Juhasz ; written and directed by Cheryl Dunye.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Dunye, Cheryl, director, screenwriter, actor.
• Swimar, Barry, producer.
• Juhasz, Alexandra, producer.
• Turner, Guinevere, actor.
• Walker, Valarie, actor.
• Shapiro, Paul, 1956- composer.
• Dancing Girl Productions, producer.
• First Run Features (Firm), distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Lesbianism in motion pictures.
• Lesbian motion picture producers and directors--Drama.
• African American lesbians--Drama.
• African American women motion picture producers and directors--Drama.
• Interracial dating--Drama.
• Lesbians--Drama.
• Lesbians.
• African American women in motion pictures.
• Interracial dating.
• African American women motion picture producers and directors.
• African American lesbians.
• Lesbian motion picture producers and directors.
• African American women in motion pictures--Drama.
• Documentary-style films.

Genre:

• Drama.
• Feature films.
• Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 93 min.) : sound, color with black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : First-Run Features, [between 2000 and 2009?]

System Details:

• DVD - NTSC.
• digital
• optical
• NTSC
• video file
• DVD video

Summary:

Cheryl, a young black woman in a video store, is making a documentary about an obscure black actress from the 1930's. When she discovers that the actress (known as "the Watermelon Woman") had a white lesbian lover, Cheryl just happens to fall in love with a very cute white woman herself!

Participant:

Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner, Valarie Walker, Lisa Marie Bronson.

Credits:

Cinematographer, Michelle Crenshaw ; editor, Annie Taylor ; original score, Paul Shapiro.

Notes:

• Originally released as a motion picture in 1997.
• "Copyright 1997 Cheryl Dunye & Dancing Girl Productions, Inc."
• Includes interview with Cheryl Dunye.

OCLC:

45340581

Publisher Number:

• 720229909273
• FRF 909273D First-Run Features