The Watermelon Woman
Sometimes you have to create your own history.
6.9(125)19971h 25m
DramaComedyRomance
A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
Director: Cheryl Dunye
Cast
Cheryl Dunye
Cheryl
Guinevere Turner
Diana
V
Valarie Walker
Tamara
L
Lisa Marie Bronson
Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards
Cheryl Clarke
June Walker
I
Irene Dunye
Self
B
Brian Freeman
Lee Edwards
I
Ira Jeffries
Shirley Hamilton
Alexandra Juhasz
Martha Page
Camille Paglia
Self
Sarah Schulman
CLIT Archivist
V
V.S. Brodie
Karaoke Singer
S
Shelley Olivier
Annie Heath
David Rakoff
Librarian
T
Toshi Reagon
Street Musician
C
Christopher Ridenhour
Bob
