| Edition |
Blu-ray edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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DTS-HD Master Audio 3.0 |
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video file rdaft |
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Blu-ray region A |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 1184 |
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Criterion collection ; 1184.
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| System Details |
Blu-ray; region A; full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio); DTS HD 3.0 master audio; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Cast |
Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner, Valarie Walker, Lisa Marie Bronson. |
| Credits |
Original music by Paul Shapiro ; cinematography by Michelle Crenshaw ; editing by Annie Taylor. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1996. |
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Full screen (1.33:1) |
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Special edition features: 2K digital restoration, supervised by director Cheryl Dunye, cinematographer Michelle Crenshaw, and producer Alexandra Juhasz, in collaboration with the Outfest UCLA Legacy Project, with 3.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack; New interview with Dunye; New conversation between Dunye and artist-filmmaker Martine Syms; New conversation between Juhasz and filmmaker and film scholar Thomas Allen Harris; Six early short films by Dunye; PLUS: An essay by critic Cassie da Costa. |
| Summary |
The wry, incisive debut feature by Cheryl Dunye gave cinema something bracingly new and groundbreaking: a vibrant representation of Black lesbian identity by a Black lesbian filmmaker. Dunye stars as Cheryl, a video-store clerk and aspiring director whose interest in forgotten Black actresses leads her to investigate an obscure 1930s performer known as the Watermelon Woman, whose story proves to have surprising resonances with Cheryl's own life as she navigates a new relationship with a white girlfriend. Balancing a breezy romantic comedy with a serious inquiry into the history of Black and queer women in Hollywood, The Watermelon Woman slyly rewrites long-standing constructions of race and sexuality on-screen, introducing an important voice in American cinema. |
| Language |
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Subject |
Lesbians, Black -- Drama.
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African American actresses -- Drama.
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Lesbians -- Drama.
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African American actresses. (OCoLC)fst00798999
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Lesbians. (OCoLC)fst00996540
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Lesbians, Black. (OCoLC)fst01896639
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Lesbian characters.
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Black lesbians.
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| Genre/Form |
LGBTQ+ films.
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Documentary-style films. (OCoLC)fst01710367
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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Romantic comedy films. (OCoLC)fst01710433
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Documentary-style films.
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Fiction films.
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Romantic comedy films.
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| Added Author |
Dunye, Cheryl, screenwriter, director, actor.
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Swimar, Barry, film producer.
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Juhasz, Alexandra, film producer.
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Turner, Guinevere, actor.
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Walker, Valarie, actor.
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Bronson, Lisa Marie, actor.
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Shapiro, Paul, 1956- composer (expression)
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Crenshaw, Michelle, cinematographer.
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Taylor, Annie, editor and co-executive producer, editor of moving image work.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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First-Run Features (Firm), production company.
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| ISBN |
9798886070446 |
| Standard No. |
715515285315 |
| Music No. |
CC3469BD Criterion Collection |
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