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The Potluck and The Passion; The Body Beautiful
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Title
The Potluck and The Passion; The Body Beautiful
Subject
feminist, queer, video art, experimental documentary, African-American
Description
Gift from filmmaker. Cheryl is a long-time collaborator (we made The Watermelon Woman together). I teach her videos often. She is my ex-partner. Cheryl's work is formative in her documentary/fiction bleed. I taped Body Beautiful onto this tape that Cheryl gave me of Potluck, and used them both for teaching.
One of the 18 subjects of my book and documentary, Women of Vision, she co-authored an essay "The Fourth Wall: Women of Vision Revisited," with Toni Adeyemi Karina Hodoyán for the special issue I co-edited with Angela Aguayo, "Informed Historical Reveries," for Feminist Media Histories 5:4, 2019.
One of the 18 subjects of my book and documentary, Women of Vision, she co-authored an essay "The Fourth Wall: Women of Vision Revisited," with Toni Adeyemi Karina Hodoyán for the special issue I co-edited with Angela Aguayo, "Informed Historical Reveries," for Feminist Media Histories 5:4, 2019.
Creator
Alexandra Juhasz
Source
Date
1991
1993;
Coverage
Autobiographical account of a mother-daughter relationship, exploring beauty standards and female sexuality. -BFI Player
Abstract
The Potluck and the Passion: To celebrate their one year anniversary, a black lesbian couple have a potluck dinner party. Each partner invites several of her own friends, hoping variety will make for a stimulating evening. (Mubi)
The Body Beautiful: This bold, stunning exploration of a white mother who undergoes a radical mastectomy and her Black daughter who embarks on a modeling career reveals the profound effects of body image and the strain of racial and sexual identity on their charged, intensely loving bond. (Criterion)
The Body Beautiful: This bold, stunning exploration of a white mother who undergoes a radical mastectomy and her Black daughter who embarks on a modeling career reveals the profound effects of body image and the strain of racial and sexual identity on their charged, intensely loving bond. (Criterion)
Is Referenced By
The Fourth Wall: Women of Vision Revisted, Cheryl Dunye, Karina Hadoyan, Toni Adeyemi, Feminist Media Histories, 4:5
Moving Image Item Type Metadata
Duration
16:58 mis; 23 mins
Director
Cheryl Dunye
Ngozi Onwurah
URL
https://brooklyn-cuny.yuja.com/V/Video?v=11266862&node=50137931&a=204765236
Player
https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-the-body-beautiful-1990-online
Files
Citation
Alexandra Juhasz, “The Potluck and The Passion; The Body Beautiful,” VHS Activism Archive , accessed July 11, 2025, https://activismvhs.omeka.net/items/show/717.
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