Cheryl Dunye

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

A short exploring what the term ‘Vanilla Sex’ means in black and queer communities through polaroid photographs.

Filmmaker Cheryl Dunye’s relationship with her brother is examined in this mixture of appropriated film footage, super 8mm home movies and ...

She Don’t Fade chronicles the sexual pursuits of Shae Clarke, an African American lesbian. Clarke, played by Dunye herself, defines and ...

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

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

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