The Watermelon Woman
“Sometimes you have to create your own history.”
A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Studio
Dancing Girl
Language
en
Status
Released
Where to Watch
Cast
Cheryl
Cheryl Dunye
Cheryl
Diana
Guinevere Turner
Diana
Tamara
Valarie Walker
Tamara
Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards
Lisa Marie Bronson
Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards
June Walker
Cheryl Clarke
June Walker
Self
Irene Dunye
Self
Lee Edwards
Brian Freeman
Lee Edwards
Shirley Hamilton
Ira Jeffries
Shirley Hamilton
Martha Page
Alexandra Juhasz
Martha Page
Self
Camille Paglia
Self
CLIT Archivist
Sarah Schulman
CLIT Archivist
Karaoke Singer
V.S. Brodie
Karaoke Singer
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