Episode 6: The Watermelon Woman “Dunye-mentary,” Double Features, and Symbiopsychotaxiplasm

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Cinesthesia 06 – Original Broadcast: February 22, 2024. RADIO PLAYLIST 1. Seth A Smith / Rocks (film: Lowlife) 2. Montag / Prologue (film: Habiter le mouvement) 3. Montag / Une tete dans une boite (film: Habiter le mouvement) 4. Montag / Territorio Politico (film: Habiter le mouvement) 5. Montag / Makucham (film: Habiter le mouvement) 6. Montag / Pluie (film: Habiter le mouvement) 7. Montag / Memoire (film: Habiter le mouvement) 8. Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker / Salt Peanuts (film: On the Road) 9. Cheryl Dunye Interview Clip – Criterion Channel 10. Daisuke Beppu, The Criterion Collection 2023 releases: The Watermelon Woman 11. The Watermelon Woman, clip 2 12. Montag / Expansion (film: Habiter le mouvement) 13. Montag / Expansion 2 (film: Habiter le mouvement) 14. Montag / My inner voice (film: Habiter le mouvement) 15. Montag / Duos (film: Habiter le mouvement) 16. Montag / The Choreographer (film: Habiter le mouvement)

The Watermelon Woman began to look at the concept of the archive. The film is taught by academics, yet it’s a funny movie (Michael Koresky calls it a “romcom”). Thomas Allen Harris says it captures the archive’s politics, drama, and spirit. The Watermelon Woman elevates the institution to a new level of widespread visibility by making fun of it, says Ann Cvetkovich in An Archive of Feelings.

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