Cheryl Dunye

Cheryl Dunye
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Cheryl Dunye (/duːnˈjeɪ/;[1] bɛ daa dɔɣi o la silimiin goli May biɛɣ'pinaata dali yuuni 1966) nyɛla Liberian-American sinii yaara, kpɛrikpɛrita n-ti pahi nucheeni baŋda.

Piligu biɛhigu

Dunye nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so Monrovia, Liberia[2] ka leei nyɛ ŋun zoog Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[3] O nyɛla ŋun chaŋ Michigan State University.[4]

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Academics

O nyɛla ŋun wuhi UCLA, UC Santa Cruz, Pitzer College, Claremont Graduate University, Pomona College, California Institute of the Arts, The New School of Social Research, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago n-ti pahi San Francisco State University.[5]

Filmography

Director

Film

  • Janine (1990) (10 minutes, Videotape, Experimental Documentary)
  • She Don't Fade (1991) (24 minutes, Videotape, Experimental Documentary)
  • Vanilla Sex (1992) (4 minute, Videotape, Video Montage)
  • An Untitled Portrait (1993) (3.5 minute, Videotape, Video Montage)
  • The Potluck and the Passion (1993) (22 minute, Videotape, Experimental Narrative)
  • Greetings from Africa (1995) (8 minutes, 16mm, b&w, color, sound)
  • The Watermelon Woman (1996) (85 minutes, color, Narrative Feature)
  • Stranger Inside (2001) (TV) (97 minutes, TV movie)
  • My Baby's Daddy (2004) (86 minutes, Narrative Feature)
  • The Owls (2010) (66 minutes, Thriller)
  • Mommy is Coming (2012) (64 minutes, Romantic Comedy)
  • Black Is Blue (2014) (21 minutes, Short)

Television

Year Title Notes
2017–19 Queen Sugar 4 episodes
2018 The Fosters Episode: "Line in the Sand" (S5)
2018–21 Claws 2 episodes
2018 Love Is Episode: "(His) Answers" (S1)
2018 Star Episode: "All Falls Down" (S3)
2019 The Chi Episode: "A Leg Up" (S2)
2019 The Village Episode: "I Have Got You" (S1)
2019 Dear White People Episode: "Volume 3: Chapter V" (S3)
2019 David Makes Man 3 episodes
2019–21 All Rise 3 episodes
2020 Sacred Lies 2 episodes
2020 Lovecraft Country Episode: "Strange Case" (S1)
2021 Delilah 2 episodes
2021 Pride Episode: "1970s: The Vanguard of Struggle" (S1)
2021 Y: The Last Man Episode: "Peppers" (S1)
2022 Bridgerton 2 episodes
2022 The Umbrella Academy 2 episodes
2022 American Gigolo Episode: "Atomic" (S1)
2022 Manifest Episode: "Rendezvous" (S4)
2022–23 The Rookie: Feds 2 episodes
2022–24 The Equalizer 2 episodes
2024 Dead Boy Detectives Episode: "The Case of the Dandelion Shrine" (S1)

Actress

  • She Don't Fade (1991) as "Shae Clark"
  • Greetings from Africa (1995) as "Cheryl"
  • The Watermelon Woman (1996) as "Cheryl"
  • The New Women (2000) as "Phaedra"
  • The Owls (2010) as "Carol"
  • Mommy is Coming (2012) as "Cabby"
  • Dropping Penny (2018) as "Alpha Donna"

Editor

Writer

  • She Don't Fade (1991)
  • The Watermelon Woman (1996)
  • Stranger Inside (2001)
  • Turnaround (2002)
  • The Owls (2010)
  • Mommy is Coming (2012)
  • Black is Blue (2014)
  • Brother from Another Time (2014)

Pina

Lihimi m-pahi

Kundivihira

  1. ↑ DocFilm Forum: Barbara Hammer & Cheryl Dunye. DocFilm Institute (April 28, 2017).
  2. ↑ Cheryl Dunye - Rotten Tomatoes.
  3. ↑ Meet LGBT History Month icon Cheryl Dunye (October 14, 2019).
  4. ↑ Director Cheryl Dunye Shares Her Film School Syllabus (en) (March 12, 2021).
  5. ↑ Cheryl Dunye. School of Cinema, San Francisco State University. San Francisco State University.
  6. ↑ Cheryl Dunye.
  7. ↑ 2023-24 Brudner Prize Awarded to Cheryl Dunye | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies.

Further reading

  • Juhasz, Alexandra, ed. (2001). Women of Vision: Histories in Feminist Film and Video. Minneapolis, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0816633715.
  • Kumbier, Alana (2014). Ephemeral Material: Queering the Archive. ISBN 978-1-936117-51-2
  • Mauceri, Marc (1997). Lavender Limelight: Lesbians in Film.
  • Interview with Dunye (Chapter 18 of a book)

Tɛmplet:Black Reel Award for Outstanding Directing, Comedy Series Tɛmplet:Black Reel Award for Outstanding Directing, Drama Series