The Watermelon Woman
Sometimes you have to create your own history.
6.985 min
DramaComedyRomance
Overview
A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
Movie Info
Release Date: 3/5/1997
Runtime: 85 min
Director: Cheryl Dunye
Writers: Cheryl Dunye
Top Cast
Cheryl Dunye
Cheryl
Guinevere Turner
Diana
Cheryl Clarke
June Walker
Alexandra Juhasz
Martha Page
Camille Paglia
Self
Sarah Schulman
CLIT Archivist
David Rakoff
Librarian
Jocelyn Taylor
Stacey
Gail Lloyd
Diana's Black Date
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