The Watermelon Woman (1997)
Sometimes you have to create your own history.
A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
Release: 1997-03-05
Runtime: 85 min
Rating: 6.9 / 10
Cast
Cheryl Dunye
Guinevere Turner
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Valarie Walker
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Lisa Marie Bronson
Cheryl Clarke
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Irene Dunye
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Brian Freeman
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Ira Jeffries
Alexandra Juhasz
Camille Paglia
Sarah Schulman
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V.S. Brodie
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Shelley Olivier
David Rakoff
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Toshi Reagon
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Christopher Ridenhour
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Kat Robertson
Jocelyn Taylor