Programmed June 2020

Directed by Cheryl Dunye

The inventive, self-reflexive films of independent trailblazer Cheryl Dunye offer multilayered, sharply funny commentaries on the intersections of black and queer identity. Over the course of six provocative, sardonic shorts, Dunye honed a unique, quasi-documentary style she dubbed “Dunyementary,” which she perfected in her first feature, The Watermelon Woman , a landmark of personal filmmaking in which she threads a self-deprecating look at interracial lesbian dating in the 1990s with a pointed critique of the history of African American representation on-screen. In subsequent features like the unconventional murder mystery The Owls , Dunye has continued to combine her astute observations on race, gender, and sexuality with ingenious formal experimentation. Added on Wednesday, 3 June 2020