The Watermelon Woman
1997·1h 25m
6.9/ 10 (117 votes)
“Sometimes you have to create your own history.”
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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Director
Cheryl Dunye
Writers
Cheryl Dunye
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Cast
Cheryl Dunye
Cheryl
Guinevere Turner
Diana
?
Valarie Walker
Tamara
?
Lisa Marie Bronson
Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards
Cheryl Clarke
June Walker
?
Irene Dunye
Self
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Brian Freeman
Lee Edwards
?
Ira Jeffries
Shirley Hamilton
Alexandra Juhasz
Martha Page
Camille Paglia
Self
Details
Language
en
Status
Released
