2014
Black Is Blue
Black, a trans man working as a security guard, is confronted with his pre-transition self while on the job at an Oakland apartment complex.
Cheryl Dunye
Cheryl Dunye is a pioneering filmmaker whose work has expanded representation of Black and LGBTQ+ experiences in cinema.
Career
Directing; Screenwriting
Origin / Ethnicity / Heritage
African American
Additional Languages
English
Pronouns
She/Her
About
- Origin / Ethnicity / Heritage
- African American
- Pronouns
- She/Her
- Location
- Oakland, California, United States
- Additional Languages
- English
2010
The Owls
Two middle-aged, lesbian couples accidentally kill a younger lesbian and hide the body, without reporting it to the authorities.
2001
Stranger Inside
Cheryl Dunye’s Stranger Inside is a raw, gripping women’s prison drama starring Yolonda Ross as Treasure, a young butch who commits a crime to reunite with her lifer mother, Brownie (Davenia McFadden).
1996
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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1990
The Early Works of Cheryl Dunye
Presented here are the films that started it all, Dunye’s early works that gave birth to an extraordinary and original filmmaking talent.