Film series at Chicago Filmmakers focuses on lesbian films

Film series at Chicago Filmmakers focuses on lesbian films
The Dyke Delicious Film Series at Chicago Filmmakers will feature films by local filmmaker Coquie Hughes. Flickr/thinwhiteduke
Film series at Chicago Filmmakers focuses on lesbian films
The Dyke Delicious Film Series at Chicago Filmmakers will feature films by local filmmaker Coquie Hughes. Flickr/thinwhiteduke

Film series at Chicago Filmmakers focuses on lesbian films

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The Dyke Delicious Screening Series starts Saturday at Chicago Filmmakers with some films by local independent filmmaker Coquie Hughes, including her latest, “My Mama Says Yo Mama’s a Dyke.” Hughes makes films covering a range of topics: lesbian love, motherhood, even the difference between good and evil. And, she does it all on a shoestring budget.

Hughes joined “Eight Forty-Eight’s” Alison Cuddy to explain how she does all