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Cheryl Dunye

Cheryl Dunye

Cheryl Dunye (born May 13, 1966) is a film director, producer, screenwriter, editor and actress. Dunye is a lesbian and her work often concerns themes of race, sexuality, and gender, particularly issues relating to black lesbians.

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Movies Starring Cheryl Dunye (17)

Dykes, Camera, Action! (2018)

The film examines the ways that women directors have contributed to this genre and emphasizes the role that the media play in representation of sexuality and gender, underscoring the power that film has to shape our perceptions of one another. Visually, th ...

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Mansfield 66/67 (2017)

About the last two years of movie goddess Jayne Mansfield's life and the speculation swirling around her untimely death being caused by a curse after her alleged romantic dalliance with Anton LaVey, head of the Church of Satan. ...

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Mommy Is Coming (2012)

With things growing a bit stale in the bedroom, lesbian couple Claudia and Dylan agree to seek sexual experiences outside their relationship. Dylan discovers new pleasures at a sex club, while Claudia, in drag as Claude, finds a surprising partner. ...

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Hooters! (2010)

"Hooters!" explores lesbian culture, with humor, insight, and artistry, through the collaborative film making process used in Cheryl Dunye's new seminal film, "The Owls". ...

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The Owls (2010)

Two middle-aged lesbian couples accidentally kill a younger girl and decide to cover it up. But their crime comes back to haunt them when an unexpected stranger appears in their lives, bringing tension and discord. ...

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Sisters in Cinema (2003)

Explores the careers of twenty black women working as film directors. ...

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Women of Vision (1998)

Documentary that highlights 18 women and covers a period of time from the 50's to the 90's. The women chosen were selected because they represent the real diversity within both feminism and independent film and video. They range in age from 65 to 25. They ...

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Lavender Limelight (1998)

From Go Fish to Paris is Burning to The Watermelon Woman, this festival favorite goes behind the scenes to reveal seven successful lesbian directors. These talented movie-makers enlighten and entertain as they explore their sexual identity, growing up gay, ...

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The Watermelon Woman (1997)

A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes. ...

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Greetings from Africa (1996)

Cheryl, playing herself, humorously experiences the mysteries of lesbian dating in the '90s. ...

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Sex Fish (1993)

A euphoric lesbian sex video features a group of women in a frenzy of erotic scenes with poetry, slowly dripping water, fancy goldfish, and an ecstatic score by Sheila Chandra. Experimenting with pro-sex feminist media practices and pornography, Sex Fish w ...

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The Potluck and the Passion (1993)

Sparks fly as racial, sexual and social politics intermingle at a lesbian potluck. ...

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An Untitled Portrait (1993)

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. ...

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Strange Weather (1993)

A quartet of crack addicts in Miami sit around, while outside, the biggest hurricane of the century is about to hit. The Pixelvision camera roams restlessly through the apartment, focusing nervously on the tiniest details, but never staying in any one spot ...

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She Don't Fade (1992)

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. ...

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Vanilla Sex (1992)

A short exploring what the term 'Vanilla Sex' means in black and queer communities through Polaroid photographs. ...

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Janine (1990)

The story of a black lesbian's relationship with a white, upper middle class high school girl. ...

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Movies Made By Cheryl Dunye (17)

DiAna's Hair Ego Remix (2017)

Over twists, presses, and wash-and-goes, filmmaker Cheryl Dunye joins other clients and hairstylist DiAna DiAna in her South Carolina salon to discuss the current impact of AIDS on Blacks in the south, and what has changed and stayed the same since DiAna w ...

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Brother From Another Time (2014)

Short film created for the 2014 San Francisco Dance Film Festival's Co-Laboratory project. Choreographed and performed by Jocquese Whitfield. ...

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Black Is Blue (2014)

Black - once Blue - is now a trans man who works as a security guard in an apartment complex in Oakland. One night, Black notices an ex- girlfriend partying with some other women in one of the buildings. As none of the other security guards want to watch ' ...

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Valencia: The Movie/S (2013)

Valencia is a collaboration between a national community of queer filmmakers to adapt the underground classic memoir into a kaleidoscopic vision of San Francisco's Mission District in the early 90s during the rise of a punk lesbian diaspora told through th ...

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Mommy Is Coming (2012)

With things growing a bit stale in the bedroom, lesbian couple Claudia and Dylan agree to seek sexual experiences outside their relationship. Dylan discovers new pleasures at a sex club, while Claudia, in drag as Claude, finds a surprising partner. ...

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The Owls (2010)

Two middle-aged lesbian couples accidentally kill a younger girl and decide to cover it up. But their crime comes back to haunt them when an unexpected stranger appears in their lives, bringing tension and discord. ...

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My Baby's Daddy (2004)

A trio of young men are forced to grow up quick when their girlfriends all become pregnant around the same time. ...

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Truth Be Told (2002)

Rayne Johnson is a shrewd investment company assistant who turns a mob slaying into a golden opportunity for a new improved lifestyle, managing to outsmart the crooked cops who are very eager to see her disappear. ...

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Stranger Inside (2001)

After a stint in a juvenile detention center, Treasure is transferred to an adult prison where her mother, whom she has never met, is also imprisoned. Before long, Treasure encounters Brownie, a lifer and gang leader. Brownie reveals that she is Treasure's ...

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The Watermelon Woman (1997)

A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes. ...

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Greetings from Africa (1996)

Cheryl, playing herself, humorously experiences the mysteries of lesbian dating in the '90s. ...

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The Potluck and the Passion (1993)

Sparks fly as racial, sexual and social politics intermingle at a lesbian potluck. ...

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An Untitled Portrait (1993)

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. ...

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Complicated Flesh (1993)

An interracial story of love, passion, and pussy. ...

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She Don't Fade (1992)

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. ...

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Vanilla Sex (1992)

A short exploring what the term 'Vanilla Sex' means in black and queer communities through Polaroid photographs. ...

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Janine (1990)

The story of a black lesbian's relationship with a white, upper middle class high school girl. ...

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