Racialisation and the Media Keynote: Cheryl Dunye in conversation with Nataleah Hunter-Young скачать в хорошем качестве

Racialisation and the Media Keynote: Cheryl Dunye in conversation with Nataleah Hunter-Young

In this keynote address, Cheryl Dunye charted the history of Black butch lesbian portrayals in film and television. Situating her own work in response to the erasure and stereotypes that came before and continue to characterise the cinematic landscape, she reflected on her project to represent Black queerness in all its multiplicity, the importance of visibility, and how we might imagine the future. Ms. Dunye’s address was followed by a conversation with Nataleah Hunter-Young which included advice for young filmmakers and insights on her current projects. Part of Racialisation and the Media: From Television to Twitter, a virtual conference held over 3 days in April 2021 organised by the RAI Esmond Harmsworth Scholar Sage Goodwin and the Oxford Internet Institute’s Cindy Ma. The conference brought together scholars from across the humanities and social sciences in conversation with media practitioners outside the academy to explore the intersections of media, technology, and race - past and present. Cheryl Dunye (@cdunye) is a world renowned, award-winning director, writer, and actress. She first emerged as part of the “Queer New Wave” of young filmmakers in the early 1990s. Her first feature film, THE WATERMELON WOMAN, has become a classic of independent cinema. In recent years, Cheryl has entered a new stage of her career as a director for episodic television, on shows such as QUEEN SUGAR and LOVECRAFT COUNTRY. In 2019, she launched her Oakland-based production company JINGLETOWN FILMS, focused on providing a platform for queer storytellers and filmmakers of color to thrive and have their voices be heard authentically. Conversant: Nataleah Hunter-Young is a writer, film curator, and Ph.D. candidate in Communication and Culture at Ryerson and York Universities. At the Toronto International Film Festival, Nataleah is international associate programmer for Africa, the Middle East and Black Diaspora. To find her recent writing visit Canadian Art Magazine, Xtra Magazine, and issue #58 of PUBLIC: Arts | Culture | Ideas, which she also co-edited. Nataleah was born to two and raised by many in Toronto.