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The Watermelon Woman
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans.
- Independent films.
- Drama.
- Motion pictures.
- Romance.
- Queer cinema.
- Arts.
- Genre:
- Feature films
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (85 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
- Place of Publication:
- The Criterion Collection 1996
- [San Francisco, California, USA] Kanopy Streaming 2023
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- digital
- video file MPEG-4 Flash
- 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
- Participant:
- Camille Paglia, Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner, Valarie Walker
- Notes:
- Title from title frames
- Film
- In Process Record
- Originally produced by The Criterion Collection in 1996
- Publisher Number:
- 14867559 Kanopy
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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