The Watermelon Woman
Sometimes you have to create your own history.
1997 1h 25mDir. Cheryl Dunye
6.8/ 10
DramaComedyRomance
Overview
A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
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Cheryl Dunye
Cheryl
Guinevere Turner
Diana
V
Valarie Walker
Tamara
L
Lisa Marie Bronson
Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards
Cheryl Clarke
June Walker
I
Irene Dunye
Self
B
Brian Freeman
Lee Edwards
I
Ira Jeffries
Shirley Hamilton
Alexandra Juhasz
Martha Page
Camille Paglia
Self
Sarah Schulman
CLIT Archivist
V
V.S. Brodie
Karaoke Singer
S
Shelley Olivier
Annie Heath
David Rakoff
Librarian
T
Toshi Reagon
Street Musician
C
Christopher Ridenhour
Bob
K
Kat Robertson
Yvette
Jocelyn Taylor
Stacey
B
Bill Wayterra
Photographer
E
Elaine Freeman
Bride's Mother
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