Cheryl Dunye on Inventing a Film Genre

Published: March 26, 2021, 10 a.m.

b'Filmmaker\\xa0Cheryl Dunye\\xa0is a legend. She\\u2019s best known for her seminal film,\\xa0Watermelon Woman, which takes a critical look at the depiction of Black women in cinema; 2021 marks 25 years since it debuted.\\nIn making that film, Dunye, a graduate of Temple University and Rutgers University, created her own style of filmmaking known as \\u201cDunyementary.\\u201d'