The Watermelon Woman
“Sometimes you have to create your own history.”
6.9(125)19971h 25mEN
Directed by Cheryl Dunye
A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
philadelphia, pennsylvaniapennsylvania, usamockumentaryracelgbtfound footagewoman directorblack historyblack lgbtphilosophicalold hollywoodlesbian
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
Martha Page
Camille Paglia
Self
Sarah Schulman
CLIT Archivist
V.S. Brodie
Karaoke Singer
