Cheryl Dunye's debut feature is as controversial as it is sexy and funny. Cheryl is a twenty-something black lesbian working as a clerk in a video store while struggling to make a documentary about Fae Richards, an obscure black actress from the 1930's. Cheryl is surprised to discover that Richards (known popularly as "the Watermelon Woman") had a white lesbian lover. At the same time, Cheryl falls in love with a very cute white customer at the video store (Guinevere Turner from Go Fish).

Such are the complexities of race and sex in this startlingly fresh debut, which has been attacked by conservative Congressmen for having been funded by the NEA and lavishingly praised in the editorial pages for being charming and courageous.

First Run Features

Lesbians in motion pictures, African American lesbians, African American women, African American women motion picture producers and directors, Interracial dating, Lesbians, Lesbian motion picture producers and directors -- Drama

Dunye, Cheryl (director), Dunye, Cheryl (writer), Swimar, Barry (producer), Juhasz, Alexandra (producer), Taylor, Annie (editor), Crenshaw, Michelle (cinematographer), Shapiro, Paul (composer), Turner, Guinevere (performer), Walker, Valarie (performer), Dancing Girl Productions (producer), First-Run Features (Firm) (distributor)

00:04:23 (HH:MM:SS)

English

adult/continuing education, higher education, college

Name	First Run Features
Role	distributor
Telephone	(212) 243-0600
Address	630 ninth Ave, #1213, NYC, NY 10036
Email	[email protected]

2000-01-01

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