The Watermelon Woman

1997 star 6.8 schedule 85 min

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.

Drama Comedy Romance

people Cast

Cheryl Dunye

Cheryl Dunye

Cheryl

Guinevere Turner

Guinevere Turner

Diana

person

Valarie Walker

Tamara

person

Lisa Marie Bronson

Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards

Cheryl Clarke

Cheryl Clarke

June Walker

person

Irene Dunye

Self

person

Brian Freeman

Lee Edwards

person

Ira Jeffries

Shirley Hamilton

Alexandra Juhasz

Alexandra Juhasz

Martha Page

Camille Paglia

Camille Paglia

Self

Sarah Schulman

Sarah Schulman

CLIT Archivist

person

V.S. Brodie

Karaoke Singer

apartment Production Companies

apartment Dancing Girl

public Countries

United States of America