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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, for teaching.
Date
1991
1993;
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
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Director
Cheryl Dunye
Ngozi Onwurah
Files
Citation
“The Potluck and The Passion; The Body Beautiful,” VHS Activism Archive , accessed April 26, 2024, https://activismvhs.omeka.net/items/show/717.
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