The Watermelon Woman (1997)

"Sometimes you have to create your own history."

7.0 March 5, 1997 1h 25m Released
DramaComedyRomance

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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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

  • Shelley Olivier

    Shelley Olivier

    Annie Heath

  • David Rakoff

    David Rakoff

    Librarian

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