Thu Jun 11
7.30pm
7.30pm
Kamikaze Hearts
film
She Don't Fade: The Short Films of Cheryl Dunye
Wed Jun 03:
Fri Jun 05:
Sun Jun 07:
Wed Jun 10:
$15 General Admission
$10 Student/Child/Senior
$7 NWFF Member
Cheryl Dunye
United States
1990-1995
1h 10m
About
(Cheryl Dunye, 1990-1995, United States, 70 min, in English)
Before her acclaimed film The Watermelon Woman made waves at festivals across the United States and helped usher in what would be known as the “new queer cinema,” multi-hyphenate artist Cheryl Dunye created a body of short work that displays a sharp yet playful take on filmmaking that would take full form in her later work. Combining, as well as blurring, elements of documentary and fiction filmmaking to produce reflexively entertaining films that challenge cultural and social norms, Dunye’s early filmography is a look into one of the most original voices in 90s American cinema.
FILMS IN THIS PROGRAM:
Janine (1990, 9min)
The story of a black lesbian’s relationship with a white, upper middle class high school girl.
Greetings From Africa (1995, 10min)
Cheryl, playing herself, humorously experiences the mysteries of lesbian dating in the ’90s.
Vanilla Sex (1992, 4min)
A short exploring what the term ‘Vanilla Sex’ means in black and queer communities through Polaroid photographs.
She Don’t Fade (1992, 24min)
She Don’t Fade chronicles the sexual pursuits of Shae Clarke, an African American lesbian. Clarke, played by Dunye herself, defines and readily demonstrates her “new approach to women.”
The Potluck and The Passion (1993, 23min)
Sparks fly as racial, sexual and social politics intermingle at a lesbian potluck.
An Untitled Portrait (1993, 3min)
Filmmaker Cheryl Dunye’s relationship with her brother is examined in this mixture of appropriated film footage, Super 8mm home movies, and Dunye’s special brand of humor.
**Catch The Watermelon Woman on June 8th at 7:30pm with The Grand Illusion!**
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