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The Watermelon Woman

United States, 1997
film

One of the first feature films made by an African American lesbian, this ‘mockumentary’ ostensibly investigates the life of a forgotten black actr..

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United States, 1975
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Stolen moments

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Lemonade

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Devotion

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Bubbling over

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The Continuous woman

United States, 1974
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Black by popular demand: black and blue: black women in jazz and blues music.

United States, 1988
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The Moonage daydreams of Charlene Stardust

Australia, 1974
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The Women [DVD]

United States, 1939
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Love Della

1986
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