Cheryl Dunye writes, directs and stars in this story about a filmmaker researching an intriguing black actress from 30s.
USA 1997
Dir Cheryl Dunye
With Guinevere Turner, Valarie Walker
90min
Digital (new restoration)
Certificate 15
With delightfully fresh humour and wit, Dunye makes profound statements about the ownership of history and the complex terrain of interracial relationships. Dunye writes, directs and stars as the semi-fictional Cheryl, an aspiring filmmaker who decides to make a film about a black actress from 1930s whose character as a ‘mammie’ stereotype was billed as ‘the watermelon woman.’