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The Watermelon Woman (1997)
Sometimes you have to create your own history.
85 minDramaComedyRomance
TMDb6.9/10118 votes
A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
Country: United States
Director: Cheryl Dunye
Cast
Cheryl Dunye
Cheryl
Guinevere Turner
Diana
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Valarie Walker
Tamara
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Lisa Marie Bronson
Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards
Cheryl Clarke
June Walker
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Irene Dunye
Self
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Brian Freeman
Lee Edwards
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Ira Jeffries
Shirley Hamilton
Alexandra Juhasz
Martha Page
Camille Paglia
Self
Sarah Schulman
CLIT Archivist
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V.S. Brodie
Karaoke Singer
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Shelley Olivier
Annie Heath
David Rakoff
Librarian
Keywords
Style:mockumentaryfound footage
Plot:philadelphia, pennsylvaniaracelgbtwoman directorblack historyblack lgbtphilosophicallesbianfilmmakeradoringcelebratoryvibrant
Place:pennsylvania, usaold hollywood
