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The Watermelon Woman
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Format: Blu-ray
*Please note, this product has been imported from the US. All 4K UHD discs are Region Free and all Blu-ray discs are Region A locked.
Description
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 with a white girlfriend (Guinevere Turner). Balancing breezy romantic comedy with a serious inquiry into the history of Black and queer women in Hollywood, The Watermelon Woman slyly rewrites long-standing constructions of race and sexuality on-screen, introducing an important voice in American cinema.
Special Features
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 2K digital restoration, supervised by director Cheryl Dunye, cinematographer Michelle Crenshaw, and producer Alexandra Juhasz, in collaboration with the Outfest UCLA Legacy Project, with 3.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New interview with Dunye
- New conversation between Dunye and artist-filmmaker Martine Syms
- New conversation between Juhasz and filmmaker and film scholar Thomas Allen Harris
- Six early short films by Dunye
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Cassie da Costa
Special Offer
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