The Watermelon Woman (1997)
Sometimes you have to create your own history.
★ 7.085 minDramaComedyRomance
A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
Top Cast
Cheryl Dunye
Cheryl
Guinevere Turner
Diana
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Valarie Walker
Tamara
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Lisa Marie Bronson
Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards
Cheryl Clarke
June Walker
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Irene Dunye
Self
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Brian Freeman
Lee Edwards
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Ira Jeffries
Shirley Hamilton
Alexandra Juhasz
Martha Page
Camille Paglia
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Sarah Schulman
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V.S. Brodie
Karaoke Singer