do 26 februari 2026
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Cheryl Dunye's The Watermelon Woman (1996) is a playful and radical exploration of black lesbian history, which has recently been rediscovered and re-released.
PLEASE NOTE: The entire program is in English.
Cheryl Dunye not only wrote, directed, and edited the groundbreaking The Watermelon Woman, but also took on the lead role. In this first feature film directed by a black lesbian, she plays a 25-year-old African-American lesbian woman who works with her girlfriend Tamara in a video store in Philadelphia.
Dunye is interested in cinema from the 1930s and 1940s. When she discovers Fae Richards, a black actress who was known at the time for playing stereotypical “mammy” roles, she decides to make a documentary in which she attempts to uncover the identity of this woman and her own. The Watermelon Woman is considered a milestone in the New Queer Cinema movement and won a Teddy Award after its premiere in Berlin.
DONDERDAG 26 FEBRUARI: THE QUEER IMAGE x BLACK HISTORY MONTH: THE WATERMELON WOMAN CURATED BY CLARICE GARGARD
As part of Black History Month, Schuur and Nieuwe Vide are kicking off this month with the film The Watermelon Woman. The film celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, but is still relevant today.
The evening will be curated and presented by Clarice Gargard, journalist, writer, and documentary filmmaker, who recently published the acclaimed book Na verzet komt (r)evolutie (After Resistance Comes (R)evolution), about sparking personal and social (r)evolution. More details about the program will be published soon, along with a discount code for our community.
Clarice about The Watermelon Woman:
"The Watermelon Woman celebrates it's 20th anniversary. What is it's significance within The Culture? How has the cinematic and artistic landscape of Black and queer imagery progressed, digressed or changed? And what is the necessity of examining, archiving and (re)imagining the Black Queer Image in and outside of the current political and social climate? In this programme we explore these questions and the dreams beyond binaries the system provides us with." - Clarice M.D. Gargard
- Land United States
- Jaar 1996
- Duur 85 min
- Taal English, English subtitles
- Regie Cheryl Dunye
- Acteurs Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner
About Clarice Gargard
Clarice M.D. Gargard (Philadelphia, 1988) is a journalist, writer, documentary filmmaker, and organizer who combines journalism, art, social justice, philosophy, and mysticism. In 2025, her new acclaimed book After Resistance Comes (R)evolution was published.
Tickets
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