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Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum to screen 'Watermelon Woman'

Jun. 4—Nearly 30 years after its release, "The Watermelon Woman" continues to spark conversations about identity, representation, and queer history. Community activist and local historian Anna Bergman ...
Yahoo

Woman’s ‘homegrown watermelon’ reveal turns into a ‘rollercoaster of emotions’

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A self-described aspiring farmer's attempt to show off her homegrown watermelon turned into a mishap that TikTok viewers were ...
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Some advice from filmmaker Cheryl Dunye: 'Keep putting yourself out where you belong'

Cheryl Dunye's 1996 debut, The Watermelon Woman, is being added to the Criterion Collection. It's a long overdue honor for the filmmaker who shaped how Black LGBTQ+ stories are told. Growing up in ...
KQED

Oakland-Based Filmmaker Cheryl Dunye Advises: 'Put Yourself Out Where You Belong'

Growing up in Philadelphia, Cheryl Dunye says she was fascinated by the stories reflected in her mother’s scrapbook photos. She studied filmmaking in college and graduate school but didn’t see people ...
Hyperallergic

Twenty Years Later, Returning to a Pioneering Black Lesbian Film

It's the 1990s when a young, ambitious filmmaker goes on the hunt for "the Watermelon Woman," a black actress who played mostly mammy roles in 1930s and '40s Hollywood films. The Watermelon Woman is ...
The Reporter

Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum to screen ‘Watermelon Woman’

Nearly 30 years after its release, “The Watermelon Woman” continues to spark conversations about identity, representation, and queer history. Community activist and local historian Anna Bergman – ...