Cheryl Dunye Movies

  • 1997
    The Watermelon Woman

    The Watermelon Woman

    The Watermelon Woman

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    A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.

    The Watermelon Woman
  • 2004
    My Baby's Daddy

    My Baby's Daddy

    My Baby's Daddy

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    A trio of young men are forced to grow up quick when their girlfriends all become pregnant around the same time.

    My Baby's Daddy
  • 2002
    Truth Be Told

    Truth Be Told

    Truth Be Told

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    Rayne Johnson is a shrewd investment company assistant who turns a mob slaying into a golden opportunity for a new improved lifestyle, managing to...

    Truth Be Told
  • 1993
    An Untitled Portrait

    An Untitled Portrait

    An Untitled Portrait

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    Filmmaker Cheryl Dunye's relationship with her brother is examined in this mixture of appropriated film footage, super 8mm home movies and Dunye's...

    An Untitled Portrait
  • 2012
    Mommy Is Coming

    Mommy Is Coming

    Mommy Is Coming

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    With things growing a bit stale in the bedroom, lesbian couple Claudia and Dylan agree to seek sexual experiences outside their relationship. Dylan...

    Mommy Is Coming
  • 1996
    Greetings from Africa

    Greetings from Africa

    Greetings from Africa

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    Cheryl, playing herself, humorously experiences the mysteries of lesbian dating in the '90s.

    Greetings from Africa
  • 2001
    Stranger Inside

    Stranger Inside

    Stranger Inside

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    After a stint in a juvenile detention center, Treasure is transferred to an adult prison where her mother, whom she has never met, is also...

    Stranger Inside
  • 2017
    Mansfield 66/67

    Mansfield 66/67

    Mansfield 66/67

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    About the last two years of movie goddess Jayne Mansfield’s life and the speculation swirling around her untimely death being caused by a curse...

    Mansfield 66/67
  • 2010
    Hooters!

    Hooters!

    Hooters!

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    “Hooters!” explores lesbian culture, with humor, insight, and artistry, through the collaborative film making process used in Cheryl...

    Hooters!
  • 2017
    DiAna's Hair Ego Remix

    DiAna's Hair Ego Remix

    DiAna's Hair Ego Remix

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    Over twists, presses, and wash-and-goes, filmmaker Cheryl Dunye joins other clients and hairstylist DiAna DiAna in her South Carolina salon to...

    DiAna's Hair Ego Remix
  • 2003
    Sisters in Cinema

    Sisters in Cinema

    Sisters in Cinema

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    Explores the careers of twenty black women working as film directors.

    Sisters in Cinema
  • 1993
    The Potluck and the Passion

    The Potluck and the Passion

    The Potluck and the Passion

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    Sparks fly as racial, sexual and social politics intermingle at a lesbian potluck.

    The Potluck and the Passion
  • 1990
    Janine

    Janine

    Janine

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    The story of a black lesbian's relationship with a white, upper middle class high school girl.

    Janine
  • 2018
    Dykes, Camera, Action!

    Dykes, Camera, Action!

    Dykes, Camera, Action!

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    The film examines the ways that women directors have contributed to this genre and emphasizes the role that the media play in representation of...

    Dykes, Camera, Action!
  • 2010
    The Owls

    The Owls

    The Owls

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    Two middle-aged lesbian couples accidentally kill a younger girl and decide to cover it up. But their crime comes back to haunt them when an...

    The Owls
  • 2014
    Brother From Another Time

    Brother From Another Time

    Brother From Another Time

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    Short film created for the 2014 San Francisco Dance Film Festival's Co-Laboratory project. Choreographed and performed by Jocquese Whitfield.

    Brother From Another Time
  • 1993
    Sex Fish

    Sex Fish

    Sex Fish

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    A euphoric lesbian sex video features a group of women in a frenzy of erotic scenes with poetry, slowly dripping water, fancy goldfish, and an...

    Sex Fish
  • 2013
    Valencia

    Valencia

    Valencia

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    Valencia is a collaboration between a national community of queer filmmakers to adapt the underground classic memoir into a kaleidoscopic vision of...

    Valencia
  • 1992
    She Don't Fade

    She Don't Fade

    She Don't Fade

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    She Don't Fade chronicles the sexual pursuits of Shae Clarke, an African American lesbian. Clarke, played by Dunye herself, defines and readily...

    She Don't Fade
  • 1992
    Vanilla Sex

    Vanilla Sex

    Vanilla Sex

    6.71992HD

    A short exploring what the term ‘Vanilla Sex’ means in black and queer communities through polaroid photographs.

    Vanilla Sex