The Watermelon Woman
The Watermelon Woman

The Watermelon Woman

1997-03-05 - 85 minutes

6.90 / 10

Overview

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.

Screenplay

Director - Cheryl Dunye

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Romance

Videos

Trailer

Trailer

BFI at Home: The Watermelon Wo

Featurette

Mark Kermode Reviews Watermelo

Featurette

A Flirty Customer

Clip

"I'm very attracted to you"

Clip

Cheryl Explains it All

Clip

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Cast

Lisa Marie Bronson

Lisa Marie Bronson

Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards

Cheryl Clarke

Cheryl Clarke

June Walker

Brian Freeman

Brian Freeman

Lee Edwards

Ira Jeffries

Ira Jeffries

Shirley Hamilton

Alexandra Juhasz

Alexandra Juhasz

Martha Page

Sarah Schulman

Sarah Schulman

CLIT Archivist

V.S. Brodie

V.S. Brodie

Karaoke Singer

Shelley Olivier

Shelley Olivier

Annie Heath

David Rakoff

David Rakoff

Librarian

Toshi Reagon

Toshi Reagon

Street Musician

Bill Wayterra

Bill Wayterra

Photographer

Elaine Freeman

Elaine Freeman

Bride's Mother

Toni Nash

Toni Nash

Groom's Mother

Zoe Goldberg

Zoe Goldberg

Little White Girl

Calder Goldberg

Calder Goldberg

Little White Boy