The Advocate about her body of work that centers those overlooked in Hollywood.
February 28 2021 6:37 PM EST
Twenty-five years ago, Cheryl Dunye changed filmmaking as a Black queer writer and director with her debut feature,
The Watermelon Woman. The film, shot like a documentary-narrative hybrid, explores the history of the erasure of the intersections of Black and LGBTQ+ stories in Hollywood while also being deeply funny. Dunye’s voice was then and continues to be refreshingly singular Now, she’s nominated for the NAACP Image Award for directing “Strange Case,” a pivotal episode of creator Misha Green's breakout HBO series
Lovecraft Country.