Queer Black Film Festival: The Watermelon Womnan

This month Severn library is proud to present films that foreground the experiences of Black LGBTQIA+ communities. Our final film is Cheryl Dunye's controversial New Queer Cinema classic The Watermelon Woman (NR, 1996), which explores the intertwined histories of sexuality, racism, and representation of Black Women in film. Starring Dunye and Guinevere Turner, with Camile Paglia in a cameo appea