Cheryl Dunye
Cheryl Dunye was born in Liberia and recieved her MFA from Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts in New Jersey. In her many of her films, she portrays her pride in being an African American lesbian and also the oppression she has experienced. She wrote, directed, and starred in her first film, The Watermelon Woman, which was the first African American lesbian feature film. Currently, she teaches at Temple University in the Department of Film and Media Arts.
Here is a list of the movies she has directed:
My Baby's Daddy (2003)
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Stranger Inside (2000)
The Watermelon Woman (1996)
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Greetings from Africa (1994)
The Potluck and the Passion (1993)
Untitled Portrait (1993)
Vanilla Sex (1992)
She Don't Fade (1991)
Janine (1990)
I only found clips/ trailers on The Watermelon Woman and My Baby's Daddy. I found that My Baby's Daddy seemed pretty typical of a Hollywood blockbuster while The Watermelon Woman seemed to have a much deeper purpose. I was surprised at how different the two films were.
I found Dunye on the Sisters in Cinema website under filmmakers. I picked her because she had a variety of different films, all which seemed to be personal and honest films.
At first it was hard for me to find a WOC filmmaker, but once I got into a couple of good sites, such as Sisters in Cinema, I was able to find many more.