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The Watermelon Woman

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★7(131 votes)

19971h 25mReleased

The Watermelon Woman

“Sometimes you have to create your own history.”

DramaComedyRomance

A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.

Top Billed Cast

Cheryl Dunye

Cheryl DunyeCheryl

Guinevere Turner

Guinevere TurnerDiana

VW

Valarie WalkerTamara

LM

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Lisa Marie Bronson

Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards

Cheryl Clarke

Cheryl ClarkeJune Walker

ID

Irene DunyeSelf

BF

Brian FreemanLee Edwards

IJ

Ira JeffriesShirley Hamilton

Alexandra Juhasz

Alexandra JuhaszMartha Page

Camille Paglia

Camille PagliaSelf

Sarah Schulman

Sarah SchulmanCLIT Archivist

VB

V.S. BrodieKaraoke Singer

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