Sunday, April 17, 2016

BFI Releases List Of The Top 30 LGBT Films Of All Time

From: NewNowNext
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The Watermelon Woman 
Cheryl Dunye
USA 
1996

The Watermelon Woman is a 1996 feature film by filmmaker Cheryl Dunye about Cheryl, a young black lesbian working a day job in a video store while trying to make a film about a black actress from the 1930s known for playing the stereotypical "mammy" roles relegated to black actresses during the period. It was the first feature film directed by a black lesbian.

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