The Watermelon Woman
The Watermelon Woman
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Sometimes you have to create your own history.

The Watermelon Woman

movie19971h 25m★ 6.9Released
DramaComedyRomance

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 Dunye

Cheryl

Guinevere Turner

Guinevere Turner

Diana

Cheryl Clarke

Cheryl Clarke

June Walker

Alexandra Juhasz

Alexandra Juhasz

Martha Page

Camille Paglia

Camille Paglia

Self

Sarah Schulman

Sarah Schulman

CLIT Archivist

David Rakoff

David Rakoff

Librarian

Jocelyn Taylor

Jocelyn Taylor

Stacey

Gail Lloyd

Gail Lloyd

Diana's Black Date

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