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The Watermelon Woman(1997)

Sometimes you have to create your own history.

6.9(117)1h 25m1997-03-05

DramaComedyRomance

Overview

A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.

Director:: Cheryl Dunye
Writers:: Cheryl Dunye, Douglas McKeown
Producers:: Barry Swimar, Alexandra Juhasz
Cinematographer:: Michelle Crenshaw
Composer:: Paul Shapiro
Production:: Dancing Girl
Status:: Released

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Cast

Cheryl Dunye

Cheryl Dunye

Cheryl

Guinevere Turner

Guinevere Turner

Diana

Valarie Walker

Valarie Walker

Tamara

Lisa Marie Bronson

Lisa Marie Bronson

Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards

Cheryl Clarke

Cheryl Clarke

June Walker

Irene Dunye

Irene Dunye

Self

Brian Freeman

Brian Freeman

Lee Edwards

Ira Jeffries

Ira Jeffries

Shirley Hamilton

Alexandra Juhasz

Alexandra Juhasz

Martha Page

Camille Paglia

Camille Paglia

Self

Sarah Schulman

Sarah Schulman

CLIT Archivist

V.S. Brodie

V.S. Brodie

Karaoke Singer