The Watermelon Woman

film by Dunye [1996]

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  • Cheryl Dunye giving a talk about Queen Sugar
    In Cheryl Dunye: The Watermelon Woman

    First shown in February 1996 at the Berlin International Film Festival, The Watermelon Woman stars Dunye as Cheryl, a Black lesbian video store worker who’s making a documentary about an unnamed Black actress credited only as “the Watermelon Woman.” Produced on a…

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