"Actor: Cheryl Dunye"

• The Watermelon Woman (Restored 20th anniversary edition) | DVD | (28/10/2018) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Rediscover THE WATERMELON WOMAN in this restored 20th Anniversary Edition. 'The Watermelon Woman' was the name given to the mythical Fae Richards, a beautiful yet elusive black Actress from the 1930's. In all her films, it was her only billing, why should that be? It is a mystery that perplexes Cheryl (Cheryl Dunye), a young black film maker. She sets out to solve the mystery by making a documentary about this forgotten star. The Watermelon Woman garnered great critical and audience acclaim, and contains the most notorious lesbian sex scene of its time, (which even saw the film being discussed in Congress). The film is a fiction, but Cheryl Dunye says, Sometimes you have to create your own history. Extra Features: Three short films by Cheryl Dunye Greetings from Africa The Potluck and the Passion She don't Fade

• Mansfield 66/67 | DVD | (25/06/2018) from £8.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Hollywood screen legend Jayne Mansfield's final two years and her untimely death are shrouded in mystery, rumours persist that she was cursed after an alleged affair with Anton LaVey, Head of the Satanic Church. Here documentary filmmakers P. David Ebersole and Todd Hughes (Hit So Hard) explore the myths, featuring interviews with Kenneth Anger, Tippi Hedren, Cheryl Dunne and more alongside archive footage of Anton la Vey and Jayne Mansfield herself. An audience favourite at FrightFest, this is a fitting celebration of a cinematic icon.

• The Watermelon Woman | DVD | (10/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  ""Funny adventurous wonderful!"" -New York Times Cheryl a young black woman working in a video store is making a documentary about an obscure black actress from the 1930's. When she discovers that the actress (known as ""the Watermelon Woman"") had a white lesbian lover Cheryl just happens to fall in love with a very cute white woman herself! Attacked by conservative Congressmen winner of multiple audience awards in major film festivals and lavishly praised by audiences for being

• The Owls and Hooters | DVD | (06/06/2011) from £6.18   |  Saving you £12.80 (401.25%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Double feature presentation starring Guinevere Tuner Lisa Gornick and Cheryl Dunye. In their heyday The Screech was the lesbian band nothing came near them. But the last ten years have taken their toll and relative obscurity has turned the once mighty musicians into mere shadows of their former selves. Iris (Guinevere Turner) drinks too much and dreams of that big comeback. MJ (VS Brodie) is apparently her ex but they're still inseparable. Former band-mate Lily (Lisa Gornick) and her partner Carol (Cheryl Dunye) are well past Lesbian Bed Death and just don't get on anymore. So naturally they've decided to have a child. Iris throws a Pool Party what should have been a joyous occasion goes horrifically wrong and leads to a series of shocking events. They believe that their only chance to get through this is by sticking together but a mysterious stranger enters their tight knit circle and starts to unpick the ties that bind these Older Wiser Lesbians otherwise known as OWLS. Also included is the feature length documentary Hooters an amazing intriguing and ultimately hysterical look at what went on behind the camera during the making of The Owls. This is no mere Making Of documentary Hooters is a statement that defines Lesbian Los Angeles at the end of the noughties.