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The Watermelon Woman

Sometimes you have to create your own history.

05 Mar 1997
  • United States of America
85 mins
6.783
99 votes
  • Drama
  • Comedy
  • Romance
articleOverview personCast
A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
  • Cheryl Dunye

    as Cheryl
  • Guinevere Turner

    as Diana
  • Valarie Walker

    as Tamara
  • Lisa Marie Bronson

    as Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards
  • Cheryl Clarke

    as June Walker
  • Irene Dunye

    as Self
  • Brian Freeman

    as Lee Edwards
  • Ira Jeffries

    as Shirley Hamilton
  • Alexandra Juhasz

    as Martha Page
  • Camille Paglia

    as Self
  • Sarah Schulman

    as CLIT Archivist
  • V.S. Brodie

    as Karaoke Singer

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