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The Watermelon Woman

Sometimes you have to create your own history.

1997 · 1h 25m · 6.9 on TMDB

12

Drama Comedy Romance

A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.

Cast

Cheryl Dunye
Cheryl
Guinevere Turner
Diana
Valarie Walker
Tamara
Lisa Marie Bronson
Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards

Cheryl Clarke

June Walker

Irene Dunye

Self

Brian Freeman

Lee Edwards

Ira Jeffries

Shirley Hamilton

Alexandra Juhasz

Alexandra Juhasz

Martha Page

Camille Paglia

Camille Paglia

Self

Sarah Schulman

Sarah Schulman

CLIT Archivist

V.S. Brodie

Karaoke Singer

Production

Directed by

Cheryl Dunye

Where to watch

Criterion Channel
Kanopy

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Released: March 5, 1997

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