Black Queer Brooklyn on Film, a series of new shorts by young, queer, female-identified, and gender

Black Queer Brooklyn on Film, a series of new shorts by young, queer, female-identified, and gender non-conforming video artists and filmmakers, will culminate tomorrow evening at 8 p.m. in the Biergarten with an outdoor screening of the iconic The Watermelon Woman. In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the film, the Museum will be projecting a pristine restoration of the work, made possible through 13th Gen, Outfest Legacy Project, UCLA Film & Television Archive, Toronto International Film Festival, and First Run Features.The Watermelon Woman, starring and directed by Cheryl Dunye, tells the story of a twenty-something black lesbian struggling to make a documentary about Fae Richards, a bewitching and elusive 1930s black film actress better known as “The Watermelon Woman.” While excavating details of Fae Richards’s life, Cheryl experiences upheavals within her own. The film chronicles the young artist’s love affair with Diana, a white woman (Guinevere Turner), her friendship with Tamara (Valerie Walker), and her interactions with the gay and black communities in Philadelphia, all animated by discoveries about her mysterious film subject and the questions this character asks of Cheryl and her future.To read about Dunye, and her inspiration for this film, visit The Watermelon Woman. To learn more about Fae Richards, visit the Fae Richards Photo Archive, a collaborative project by Dunye and the artist Zoe Leonard.Posted by Margo Cohen RistorucciPhoto: Cheryl Dunye. © Dancing Girl Productions -- source link

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