The Watermelon Woman

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  • location: Curzon Bloomsbury
  • Date & time: Thu 13 Feb, 6:20pm
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Join Curzon for a special screening of Chery Dune's The Watermelon Woman, screening as part of Curzon's Galentine's Day programme. The Watermelon Woman stars Dunye as Cheryl, a young Black lesbian working a day job in a video store while trying to make a film about Fae Richards, a Black actress from the 1930s known for playing the stereotypical "mammy" roles relegated to Black actresses during the period.

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