# Cheryl Dunye

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WITS chats 'The Watermelon Woman' | dir. Cheryl Dunye | 1996

Rebecca and Tori chat their next Recommended By flick from the Criterion Collection, 'The Watermelon Woman.' We discuss issues related to the social construct of 'race,' queerness, identity, and white privilege and gatekeeping. Music Apache Rock Instrumental | by Sound Atelier; licensed from Jamend…

Clerks (1994) Versus The Watermelon Woman (1996)

In the final episode for this season, we're looking at white New Jersey men working in a convenience store and black lesbians working in a Philadelphia video store. Both films are great examples of the independent cinema explosion of the 1990's. Join us as we discuss doing Kevin Smith’s Clerks and …

The Watermelon Woman, 1996 | "Hire me, New York Times!"

We're lesbians, remember, Cheryl? Jon and Luke are digging into the C.L.I.T archives for Cheryl Dunye's 1996 indie masterpiece The Watermelon Woman. They talk formative creative obsessions, Luke is invigorated back into cinema, Jon loves going out but loves staying in, and everyone should go to the…

The Watermelon Woman

Our look at the New Queer Cinema continues with the first feature directed by an out Black lesbian, Cheryl Dunye's The Watermelon Woman! Join in as we discuss our favorite mockumentaries, the film's semiprofessional cast, its discussion of interracial relationships, and that incredible Camille Pag…

The Watermelon Woman at 30: Cheryl Dunye's Queer Cinema Landmark

The Watermelon Woman (1996) was Cheryl Dunye's debut and the first American feature directed by a Black lesbian. A film that slips between video-store romance and a forged archive, asking who gets recorded by cinema and who gets written out of it. Thirty years on, it has been restored, added to the…

Conflict is Not Abuse with Sarah Schulman

Even if you are unfamiliar with today's guest, novelist, playwright, screenwriter, nonfiction writer and AIDS historian Sarah Schulman, there’s a very good chance that you have been influenced by her work. Her ideas and approach to activism have become woven into our collective awareness in a way t…

Laverne Cox

Emmy-nominated actress and activist Laverne Cox rose to fame through her role on Orange is the New Black, quickly becoming an important voice for transgender rights. In her debut memoir Transcendent, Cox delves into her traumas, gender identity, transition, and, in the end, her journey to healing. …

The Watermelon Woman

Pop on down to your local video store and get ready to fall in love as we talk about films made on a small budget, lack of representation in both present and historical film, how we miss going to rent movies, and the search for more Cheryl Dunye on our screens. Thanks for listening and enjoy the mo…

Remembering Sophie Lee and Asia Williams, Mass Arrests in Istanbul, and Chicago International Film Festival Queer Films Of 2026

This week on the Queer News podcast, our top story pays respects to Sophie Lee, and Asia Williams, two black trans women killed in Baltimore this year. In politics, A group of LGBTQ+ middle schoolers sue their school board, and we cover the mass arrests at a lgbtq+ led protest in Istanbul. In cultu…

Remembering Sophie Lee and Asia Williams, Mass Arrests in Istanbul, and Chicago International Film Festival Queer Films Of 2026

This week on the Queer News podcast, our top story pays respects to Sophie Lee, and Asia Williams, two black trans women killed in Baltimore this year. In politics, A group of LGBTQ+ middle schoolers sue their school board, and we cover the mass arrests at a lgbtq+ led protest in Istanbul. In cultu…