cheryl dunye
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Read More: #65, #fakenews #realtalk #realtruth about black girls’ liberationThis #100hardtruths was shared with me by my often-collaborator, the filmmaker, Cheryl Dunye. “Although the numbers of girls that are missing are unclear and the circumstances of their disappearances are…
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Read More: The opposite of archiving: Zoe Leonard, Fae Richards, and the Watermelon WomanSometimes things align, but mostly, really, it’s because they are already connected. Such is the case with the showing of Zoe Leonard’s compelling new body of work, “In the Wake,”…
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Read More: Jason and Shirley: Loving incantation of a state we all can identify with, the state of JasonAfter seeing Jason and Shirley (Stephen Winter, 2015) this weekend at Outfest, I am moved to respond here to Milestone Film & Video‘s recent and scathing critique of the film…
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Read More: Against Gamification, Contests, and VotingI learned today on Facebook that Ava DuVernay won the Tribeca Film Institute’s Inaugural Heineken Affinity Award. Kudos! Her wonderful films and ambitious African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement, are much-deserving…
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Read More: Hunger/StudAttended a midnight premier of Hunger Games. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri6wRz_NjiA&w=560&h=315] Granted, not my usual fare. Because I live it, I don’t usually “study” teen culture (save for my Fred work.) I…
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Read More: I’m (Just Not) Political: PariahTo begin, I think Pariah is terrific. Dee Rees is a very talented writer and director whose grasp of her craft is exceptional for a young artist. She has made…
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Read More: The Putative Black Lesbian Speaks
As it is wont to do, the blogisphere will tackle, pin-down, chew-up, devour, and spit out the story of the phony “lesbian blogger Amina” and her pseudo-lesbian editor, “Paula Brooks.”…
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Read More: Owls at Palm Springs: Queer Film in Straight PlacesI’ll be driving to Palm Springs this afternoon to attend their festival with my son. The Film Collaborative has been doing a great job with our distribution (the film is…
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Read More: Bechdel’s Bechdel (1997)
I have been following Alex Vesy’s “Bechdel Test Canon” at Feminist Music Geek. The Bechdel Test seems to be going as viral as any lesbian thing ever could. I recently…