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
Guinevere Turner
Diana
person
Valarie Walker
Tamara
person
Lisa Marie Bronson
Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards
Cheryl Clarke
June Walker
person
Irene Dunye
Self
person
Brian Freeman
Lee Edwards
person
Ira Jeffries
Shirley Hamilton
Alexandra Juhasz
Martha Page
Camille Paglia
Self
Sarah Schulman
CLIT Archivist
person
V.S. Brodie
Karaoke Singer
apartment Production Companies
apartment
Dancing Girl
public Countries
United States of America