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Title:
The Watermelon Woman [digital video].
Publication Date:
1996
2023
Publication Information:
The Criterion Collection, 1996.
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2023.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (85 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Abstract:
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.
General Note:
Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record.
Performers:
Camille Paglia, Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner, Valarie Walker
Technical Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Genre:
Language:
English
Electronic Access:
Access immediately on Kanopy