The Watermelon Woman
Directed by Cheryl Dunye
A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
- Released
- 5 Mar 1997
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Country
- United States
- Writer
- Cheryl Dunye
- Cinematography
- Michelle Crenshaw
- Music
- Paul Shapiro
- Editors
- Annie Taylor, Cheryl Dunye
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Cast
Cheryl Dunye
Cheryl
Guinevere Turner
Diana
Valarie Walker
Tamara
Lisa Marie Bronson
Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards
Cheryl Clarke
June Walker
Irene Dunye
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Brian Freeman
Lee Edwards
Ira Jeffries
Shirley Hamilton
Alexandra Juhasz
Martha Page
Camille Paglia
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