Cheryl Dunye: Why We Need to Change the Way Queer Stories Are Told

LGBTQ&A

Jeffrey Masters

Society & Culture

4.7 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2017

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Cheryl Dunye is a pioneering queer filmmaker. She talks about the enduring legacy of her film, The Watermelon Woman (celebrating its 20th anniversary), and directing sex scenes with brown bodies, why she’s no longer interested in making the compromises necessary to be a commercial filmmaker. 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. I'm Jeffrey Masters, and this is a show where we get to know different
0:06.3	members of the LGBTQ community. Today, we're bringing you an interview with Cheryl Dunier.
0:11.8	Cheryl directed the groundbreaking film from the 90s called The Watermelon Woman. It explored
0:16.4	the history of lesbians and black women in film, and it is so much fun. And before we get to it,
0:21.7	though, we just want to say that we have officially launched the brand new LGBTQNA newsletter. You can
0:27.3	sign up for that at LGBTQPoncast.com. And yes, I will be the first to say it. Most newsletters are
0:33.8	annoying. This is not one of them. It's going to be short and infrequent and have information
0:38.4	on all of our live shows that are coming up, as well as future episodes. So you can sign up for
0:43.0	that at LGBTQpodcast.com. Okay, let's get to the show. Hey, Cheryl.
1:00.7	Hey.
1:01.7	Hey.
1:01.8	Thank you.
1:03.6	Thanks for having me.
1:04.4	Yeah, my gosh.
1:05.3	Oh, my God.
1:05.8	I'm so excited to talk to you.
1:07.1	Some articles call you the lesbian Spike Lee.
1:10.6	They wouldn't let me introduce you as that okay good
1:13.2	good because I'm more than that yes definitely oh my god yeah so the watermelon woman is 20 years old
1:20.2	I don't want this to sound like a back end compliment but I just saw it for the first time last
1:24.7	weekend didn't know what to expect. It was so much fun.
1:27.9	I loved it. Yeah. Yeah, I think people are really re-engaging with this remaster and it going out
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