Cheryl Dunye

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

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

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

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

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

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

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