BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Movies & Screenings DESCRIPTION:Director: Cheryl Dunye\nWriter(s): Cheryl Dunye\nCast: Cheryl D unye\, \, Guinevere Turner\, Camille Paglia\n\n \n\nWritten\, directed by\, and starring Cheryl Dunye\, THE WATERMELON WOMAN was the first feature fil m to be directed by a black lesbian when it was released in 1996. Shot in a documentary style and featuring a protagonist named “Cheryl” who is a blac k lesbian filmmaker like Dunye herself\, this humorous (and sexy) film sets out to tell the story of black lesbians in cinema – particularly that of F ae Richards\, star of the 1930’s film called “The Watermelon Woman.” Cheryl \, however\, runs into to problems in her research due to the fact that bot h Hollywood and other archival institutions by-and-large excluded or ignore d black queer women\, and the scant information she is able to uncover fail s to tell the full story. Since books and documents aren’t adequate source material for her project\, Cheryl instead opts to track down people who mig ht have insight on the topic.\n\n \n\nMade with an initial budget of $300K which was financed by a grant from the NEA and grass-roots fundraising effo rts\, Dunye’s humble film has since been recognized as a milestone in New Q ueer Cinema. Beneath its cheeky surface\, THE WATERMELON WOMAN digs deep in to the issues surrounding representation in media and the challenges of try ing to look at history through a new lens. DTEND:20240621T000000Z DTSTAMP:20240519T210655Z DTSTART:20240620T230000Z GEO:39.328395;-82.100838 LOCATION:Athena Cinema SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:I LOVE GAY 90'S Film Series: THE WATERMELON WOMAN UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_46251653017053 URL:https://calendar.ohio.edu/event/i-love-gay-90s-film-series-the-watermel on-woman END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR