The Watermelon Woman (1997)
Sometimes you have to create your own history.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Romance
A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
- Rating
- 7 / 10 (131 votes)
- Release date
- March 5, 1997
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Language
- English
- Director
- Cheryl Dunye
- Status
- Released
Top cast
Cheryl DunyeCheryl
Guinevere TurnerDiana
Valarie WalkerTamara- Lisa Marie BronsonFae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards
Cheryl ClarkeJune Walker- Irene DunyeSelf
- Brian FreemanLee Edwards
- Ira JeffriesShirley Hamilton
Alexandra JuhaszMartha Page
Camille PagliaSelf
Sarah SchulmanCLIT Archivist- V.S. BrodieKaraoke Singer
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