Cheryl Dunye
Birthday: 1966-05-13
Place of Birth: Monrovia, Liberia
Biography: 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.
Movies
Sex Fish
A euphoric lesbian sex video features a group of women in a frenzy of erotic scenes with poetry, slo...
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The Watermelon Woman
A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress ...
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Strange Weather
A quartet of crack addicts in Miami sit around, while outside, the biggest hurricane of the century ...
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Greetings from Africa
Cheryl, playing herself, humorously experiences the mysteries of lesbian dating in the '90s....
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Women of Vision
Documentary that highlights 18 women and covers a period of time from the 50's to the 90's. The wome...
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Mansfield 66/67
About the last two years of movie goddess Jayne Mansfield’s life and the speculation swirling around...
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Sisters in Cinema
Explores the careers of twenty black women working as film directors....
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Mommy Is Coming
With things growing a bit stale in the bedroom, lesbian couple Claudia and Dylan agree to seek sexua...
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Lavender Limelight
From Go Fish to Paris is Burning to The Watermelon Woman, this festival favorite goes behind the sce...
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Dykes, Camera, Action!
The film examines the ways that women directors have contributed to this genre and emphasizes the ro...
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Janine
The story of a black lesbian's relationship with a white, upper middle class high school girl....
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Vanilla Sex
A short exploring what the term ‘Vanilla Sex’ means in black and queer communities through polaroid ...
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She Don't Fade
She Don't Fade chronicles the sexual pursuits of Shae Clarke, an African American lesbian. Clarke, p...
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The Owls
Two middle-aged lesbian couples accidentally kill a younger girl and decide to cover it up. But thei...
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The Potluck and the Passion
Sparks fly as racial, sexual and social politics intermingle at a lesbian potluck....
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An Untitled Portrait
Filmmaker Cheryl Dunye's relationship with her brother is examined in this mixture of appropriated f...
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Hooters!
“Hooters!” explores lesbian culture, with humor, insight, and artistry, through the collaborative fi...
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