The Watermelon Woman (1997)
A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
- Released
- 1997-03-05
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy, Romance
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Cheryl Dunye
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 131 votes
Cast
- 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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