Synopsis
A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
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Cast
Directed by Cheryl Dunye
LM
Lisa Marie Bronson
Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards
Cheryl Dunye
Cheryl
Guinevere Turner
Diana
VW
Valarie Walker
Tamara
Cheryl Clarke
June Walker
ID
Irene Dunye
Self
BF
Brian Freeman
Lee Edwards
IJ
Ira Jeffries
Shirley Hamilton
Alexandra Juhasz
Martha Page
Camille Paglia
Self
Sarah Schulman
CLIT Archivist
VB
V.S. Brodie
Karaoke Singer
SO
Shelley Olivier
Annie Heath
David Rakoff
Librarian
TR
Toshi Reagon
Street Musician
CR
Christopher Ridenhour
Bob
Production
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Release
1997
Runtime
85 min
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