Cheryl Dunye

A trio of young men are forced to grow up quick when their girlfriends all become pregnant around the same time.

After a stint in a juvenile detention center, Treasure is transferred to an adult prison where her mother, whom she has never met, is also ...

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.

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

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.