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The watermelon woman
Title
The watermelon woman / First Run Features ; written and directed by Cheryl Dunye ; produced by Barry Swimar and Alexandra Juhasz.
ISBN
9798886070446
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Publication
[United States] : Criterion Collection, [2023]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1996.
Full screen (1.33:1)
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; PLUS: An essay by critic Cassie da Costa.
Original music by Paul Shapiro ; cinematography by Michelle Crenshaw ; editing by Annie Taylor.
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Summary
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. Balancing a 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.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 28, 2023
Series
The Criterion collection ; 1184
Credits
Original music by Paul Shapiro ; cinematography by Michelle Crenshaw ; editing by Annie Taylor.
Cast
Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner, Valarie Walker, Lisa Marie Bronson.
System details note
Blu-ray; region A; full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio); DTS HD 3.0 master audio; requires Blu-ray player.
Videorecording number
CC3469BD Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
LGBTQ+ films.
Documentary-style films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Romantic comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary-style films.
Fiction films.
Romantic comedy films.
Also listed under
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
First-Run Features (Firm), production company.
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