‘The Watermelon Woman’ with Cheryl Dunye
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The Importance of Seeing Yourself in Film
Oscar Michelle at first, you know, going out there when nobody was going out there and figuring out a way to creatively make money. And then Charles Burnett, again, somebody who I would say used people,you know, use quote unquote non-actors but, you know,. figured out how to land in a community also from the film makers in LA. So many of his works, killer sheep in particular, just so powerful by showing real circumstances and then building an narrative around that.
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