The Watermelon Woman: The Enduring Cool of a Black Lesbian Classic

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Director Cheryl Dunye reflects on her landmark film The Watermelon Woman

Within the last six months. I was at a screening somewhere. I always watch it up to the point where my mom appears in that interview. She’s not with me anymore, so that’s when I get up and take a little stretch out into whatever city I’m screening the film in. I’ve traveled the world at least three or four times talking about the film.

No! Nobody reached out, which was like, what! Why didn’t anybody reach out, especially at this moment? But it’s still an honor. This is a great thing for me and my work and the message that it brings. The world of distribution and cinema is about dollars and cents and they took down the dollars and cents to allow more people to have access to stories about diverse themes. I’m for it. When the dollars and cents go back up, let’s have another conversation.

I could probably reach out to them! See if they could send me a piece of glass or whatever. Or a Teddy bear.Yeah, people do comment about the crazy shirts. And I was wearing a dress?! [shirt I was wearing at the video store. That was my favorite one, ’cause it was big and silly.I want to know about the immediate aftermath of the film. We’re in an age now where if somebody makes an award-winning indie film, Marvel is immediately interested in getting a meeting with them.

 

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