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The Watermelon Woman

"Sometimes you have to create your own history."

Rating6.9/10

Release1997

Runtime1h 25m

Votes109

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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Release Date

March 5, 1997

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Cheryl Dunye

Cheryl

Guinevere Turner

Diana

Valarie Walker

Tamara

Lisa Marie Bronson

Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards

Cheryl Clarke

June Walker

Irene Dunye

Self

Brian Freeman

Lee Edwards

Ira Jeffries

Shirley Hamilton

Alexandra Juhasz

Martha Page

Camille Paglia

Self

Sarah Schulman

CLIT Archivist

V.S. Brodie

Karaoke Singer

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