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The Watermelon Woman
The Watermelon Woman

Sometimes you have to create your own history.

19971h 25mNRDramaComedyRomance
6.9
TMDB116 votes

Synopsis

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

Studio

Dancing Girl

Release Date

March 5, 1997

Audio

English

Subtitles

Subtitle availability is not provided by TMDB for this title.

Director

Cheryl Dunye

Writers

Cheryl Dunye

Cast & Crew

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

Shelley Olivier

Shelley Olivier

Annie Heath

David Rakoff

David Rakoff

Librarian

Toshi Reagon

Toshi Reagon

Street Musician

Christopher Ridenhour

Christopher Ridenhour

Bob

Kat Robertson

Kat Robertson

Yvette

Jocelyn Taylor

Jocelyn Taylor

Stacey

Extras

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