The Watermelon Woman

The Watermelon Woman

Sometimes you have to create your own history.

The Watermelon Woman

★ 6.9(117 votes)Mar 5, 19971h 25m

Drama Comedy Romance

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

Status

Released

Language

English

Top 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

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