Watermelon Woman: Release Our Print!
April 26, 2009
Although the film I produced, The Watermelon Woman (Cheryl Dunye, 1995) was a festival and art house hit, we never saw any money, and our master rots at DuArt. We owe them $3000 or so. We’re using a screening at Redcat in LA to ask for your help. If the print can be freed it can be re-mastered and saved by the Outfest Legacy Collection (where my own Women of Vision is already proudly archived).
Here’s info about our May 11 fundraiser.
Phyllis Stein Art would like to invite you to please join us for a reception honoring Director Cheryl Dunye.
Emceed by Dalila Ali Rajah (of AfterEllen’s Cherry Bomb.) The evening will include special guest appearances by members of the original ‘Watermelon Woman’ cast and crew. Burlesque performance by Malaika Millions. DJ set by Anna Margarita Albelo
The night will include an art auction, all proceeds go towards adding Watermelon Woman to the Outfest Legacy Collection at UCLA. Due to economic constraints, labs notoriously discard film elements – please save Watermelon Woman! Placing the film into the archive is the first and best step against film disintegration!
Notable artists contributing:
Nichole Eisenman, Ceres Madoo, Sharon Bridgeforth, Kaucyila Brooke, S. Lee Robinson, Eve Fowler, Nolan Hendrickson, Rachel Maxi
MEDIA PRAXIS 
April 26, 2009 at 4:17 pm
I remember seeing this at the Wexner Center at Ohio State. It’s such an important movie.
July 14, 2009 at 7:05 pm
[…] and opinions, too little recorded, hardly archived, easily overlooked (a shared concern of The Watermelon Woman and Women of Vision, also Legacy Projects). While the aesthetics of functionality of the film […]