Cheryl Dunye (born May 13, 1966) is a film director, producer, screenwriter, editor and actress. Dunye is a lesbian and her work often concerns themes of race, sexuality, and gender, particularly issues relating to black lesbians.
"Headshot" is a fictional novel portraying the eight best teenage girl boxers in the United States, told over the two days of a championship tournament in Nevada. An electrifying debut from an “unusually gifted writer” (Lorrie Moore) about the radical intimacy of physical competition.
