OotS x KoKoKollective presents "The Watermelon Woman"
Thu 16 Oct
|Lovelocks Coffee Shop
Out Of The Shadows and KoKoKollective are back in Lovelocks for another special Black History Month screening - this time of new queer cinema classic The Watermelon Woman (1996)
Time & Location
16 Oct 2025, 18:00 – 22:00
Lovelocks Coffee Shop, 27 Old Haymarket, Liverpool L1 6ER, UK
About the Event
Join Spirit Level Trans and KoKoKollective for a series of LGBTQ+ film screenings at Lovelocks to celebrate Black History Month! This time they'll be screening a landmark of the New Queer Cinema genre, The Watermelon Woman (1996) - a smart and engaging work of fictionalized autobiography that follows a video store clerk (played by director Cheryl Dunye) who sets out to make a documentary about a Black actress of the 1930s always credited as “Watermelon Woman.”
Tickets are £5 and can be purchase online via the button or via this link here.
Access
Lovelocks is a ground floor venue*, there are two gender neutral toilets, and one is accessible. The cafe will be serving only drinks & cakes at regular prices, with vegan and gluten-free options available.
*wheelchair users, please be warned the door is quite heavy. There are also steps on the pavement, but in the middle there is…