Cheryl Dunye: The Groundbreaking Queer Filmmaker

LGBTQ&A

Jeffrey Masters

Society & Culture

4.7 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2016

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Cheryl Dunye talks about why she’s not interested in being a commercial filmmaker and the enduring legacy of her film, The Watermelon Woman (celebrating its 20th anniversary). She also talks about supporting more films by and about queer people of color and the significance of undocumented queer history. LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1 You can recommend a guest or let us know what you think about the show on Twitter or by emailing [email protected] More information: www.LGBTQpodcast.com

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0:00.0	Hi, this is LGBTQ and A, where we get to know different members of the LGBTQ community.
0:11.0	I'm Jeffrey Masters and I'm here today with Cheryl Dunier.
0:14.0	Cheryl is a pioneering film director, best known for the movie The Watermelon Woman.
0:18.0	Stay tuned.
0:35.1	Hey, Cheryl. Hey. Welcome to our show. Thank you. Thanks for having me. Yeah, my gosh. Oh, my God. I'm so excited to talk to you. Some articles call you the lesbian Spike Lee. They wouldn't let me introduce you as that. Okay. Good. Good. Because I'm more than that. Yes. Definitely. Oh, my God. Definitely. Um, yeah. So the water known woman is 20 years old. Uh, I don't want this to sound like a back-end compliment,
0:56.5	but I just saw it for the first time last weekend,
0:57.4	didn't know what to expect.
0:59.6	And it was so much fun.
1:00.8	I loved it.
1:02.0	Yeah.
1:05.1	Yeah, I think people are really re-engaging with this remaster and it going out there for the celebration.
1:08.6	I mean, people have been watching it for 20 years,
1:10.5	but I think there's a lot of
1:12.1	gems and jewels in the storytelling and, you know, looking at this wonderful, you know,
1:18.1	discovery that young Cheryl, that was me in the film, makes about her life and sort of the
1:25.3	same conditions that are happening right now, I think. Yeah.
1:27.9	And I think, too, just like we can get caught up in like the collective struggle of our community
1:32.7	and protesting and volunteer work and horrible news stories.
1:37.2	And it was such a nice reminder that being gay is fun.
1:40.3	You know?
1:41.3	It was like a celebration for that.
1:43.2	Definitely.
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