@article {Francis45, author = {Francis, Terri}, title = {Structural Laughter and Constructed Intimacies: The Self-Reflexivity of Cheryl Dunye}, volume = {72}, number = {2}, pages = {45--54}, year = {2018}, doi = {10.1525/fq.2018.72.2.45}, publisher = {University of California Press Journals}, abstract = {This interview focuses on Cheryl Dunye{\textquoteright}s views of the industry from her current position in prestige television, working as a director for Ava DuVernay and Oprah Winfrey{\textquoteright}s Queen Sugar (OWN, 2016{\textendash}). The forward-looking conversation concentrates less on Dunye{\textquoteright}s past films but rather on the work she is doing today in episodic television, her creative process, and her legacy for future generations of media makers. By asking Dunye about her upbringing and early influences, I sought a renewed sense of the groundbreaking filmmaker as a person beyond the characters and constructed intimacies she presents in her films and an understanding of her aims today in episodic television.}, issn = {0015-1386}, URL = {https://fq.ucpress.edu/content/72/2/45}, eprint = {https://fq.ucpress.edu/content/72/2/45.full.pdf}, journal = {Film Quarterly} }