The Watermelon Woman

Mar 5, 1997

1h 25m

★ 6.9

Sometimes you have to create your own history.

Overview

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

Production Companies

Dancing Girl

The Watermelon Woman Trailers

Cast

Cheryl

Cheryl Dunye

Diana

Guinevere Turner

Tamara

Valarie Walker

Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards

Lisa Marie Bronson

June Walker

Cheryl Clarke

Self

Irene Dunye

Lee Edwards

Brian Freeman

Shirley Hamilton

Ira Jeffries

Martha Page

Alexandra Juhasz

Self

Camille Paglia

CLIT Archivist

Sarah Schulman

Karaoke Singer

V.S. Brodie

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