The Watermelon Woman

The Watermelon Woman

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

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My Baby's Daddy

My Baby's Daddy

A trio of young men are forced to grow up quick when their girlfriends all become pregnant around the same time.

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Mommy Is Coming

Mommy Is Coming

With things growing a bit stale in the bedroom, lesbian couple Claudia and Dylan agree to seek sexual experiences outside their relationship. Dylan...

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Truth Be Told

Truth Be Told

Rayne Johnson is a shrewd investment company assistant who turns a mob slaying into a golden opportunity for a new improved lifestyle, managing to...

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The Potluck and the Passion

The Potluck and the Passion

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

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The Owls

The Owls

Two middle-aged lesbian couples accidentally kill a younger girl and decide to cover it up. But their crime comes back to haunt them when an...

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Stranger Inside

Stranger Inside

After a stint in a juvenile detention center, Treasure is transferred to an adult prison where her mother, whom she has never met, is also...

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She Don't Fade

She Don't Fade

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

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Janine

Janine

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

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An Untitled Portrait

An Untitled Portrait

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

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Greetings from Africa

Greetings from Africa

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

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Valencia

Valencia

Valencia is a collaboration between a national community of queer filmmakers to adapt the underground classic memoir into a kaleidoscopic vision of...

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Brother From Another Time

Brother From Another Time

Short film created for the 2014 San Francisco Dance Film Festival's Co-Laboratory project. Choreographed and performed by Jocquese Whitfield.

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Complicated Flesh

Complicated Flesh

An interracial story of love, passion, and pussy.

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Vanilla Sex

Vanilla Sex

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

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Black Is Blue

Black Is Blue

Black - once Blue - is now a trans man who works as a security guard in an apartment complex in Oakland. One night, Black notices an ex- girlfriend...

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DiAna's Hair Ego Remix

DiAna's Hair Ego Remix

Over twists, presses, and wash-and-goes, filmmaker Cheryl Dunye joins other clients and hairstylist DiAna DiAna in her South Carolina salon to...

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