

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Sidewalk Film 101: The Watermelon Woman (1996)
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 08:30 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: The wry, incisive debut feature by Cheryl Dunye gave cinema something bracingly new and groundbreaking: a vibrant representation of Black lesbian identity by a Black lesbian filmmaker. Dunye stars as Cheryl, a video-store clerk and aspiring director whose interest in forgotten Black actresses leads her to investigate an obscure 1930s performer known as the Watermelon Woman, whose story proves to have surprising resonances with Cheryl’s own life as she navigates a new relationship.

Welcome to another year of the monthly Sidewalk Film 101 series at the Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema. Along with supplemental readings and resources to contextualize each featured film, each screening will include a special introduction.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/birmingham/sidewalk-film-101-the-watermelon-woman-1996/200029599865032
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, performances, art, theatre
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://sidewalkfest.com/events/thewatermelonwoman/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=birmingham-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Birmingham
- **state**: AL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1821 2nd Ave. N. , Birmingham, AL, United States, Alabama 35203
- **lat**: 33.51416
- **long**: -86.80798
- **full address**: 1821 2nd Ave. N. , Birmingham, AL, United States, Alabama 35203

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Sidewalk Film (https://allevents.in/org/sidewalk-film/690469)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 1821 2nd Ave. N. , Birmingham, AL, United States, Alabama 35203
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Sidewalk Film
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** entertainment, performances, art, theatre
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Sidewalk Film 101: The Watermelon Woman (1996) ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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