Alternative Endings: “The Watermelon Woman” at 30

This daylong symposium brings together scholars, filmmakers, actors and community members to discuss the making and legacy of  The Watermelon Woman” (1996), the first feature film directed by a Black lesbian. The event will feature a keynote conversation with writer-director Cheryl Dunye and Northwestern School of Communication dean E. Patrick Johnson.

Admission is free and open to the public. Registration is required: Eventbrite Page.

Sponsored by the Provost Initiative on the Racialized Body. Co-sponsored by the Northwestern School of Communication, Sisters in Cinema and the UIC Institute for the Humanities.