"The Watermelon Woman" Opens Up the First Ever New Mavericks Film Series Tonight!
THE WATERMELON WOMAN directed by Cheryl Dunye
Friday, August 21st @ 8PM ; $10
Cheryl Dunye's debut feature is as controversial as it is sexy and funny. Cheryl is a twenty-something African-American lesbian working as a clerk in a video store while struggling to make a documentary about Fae Richards, an obscure African-American actress from the 1930's. Cheryl is surprised to discover that Richards (known popularly as "the Watermelon Woman") had a white lesbian lover. At the same time, Cheryl falls in love with a very cute white customer at the video store (Guinevere Turner from Go Fish).
Join us at 7PM for Happy Hour in the Synchronicity Lobby; then after the screening for an after-party hangout at Tavernpointe.