

The Watermelon Woman
Sometimes you have to create your own history.
★ 6.919971h 25mReleased
DramaComedyRomance
A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
Director
Cheryl Dunye
Writer
Cheryl Dunye, Douglas McKeown
Language
English
Top Cast

Cheryl Dunye
Cheryl

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

Cheryl Clarke
June Walker
I
Irene Dunye
Self
B
Brian Freeman
Lee Edwards
I
Ira Jeffries
Shirley Hamilton

Alexandra Juhasz
Martha Page

Camille Paglia
Self

Sarah Schulman
CLIT Archivist
V
V.S. Brodie
Karaoke Singer
S
Shelley Olivier
Annie Heath

David Rakoff
Librarian
T
Toshi Reagon
Street Musician
C
Christopher Ridenhour
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