The Watermelon Woman (1996)
Sometimes you have to create your own history.
90 min
A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
- Release date
- March 5, 1997
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Paul Shapiro
Where to watch
Free
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Trailer
Cast
- Cheryl Dunye as Cheryl
- Guinevere Turner as Diana
- Cheryl Clarke as June Walker
- Brian Freeman as Lee Edwards
- Camille Paglia as Camille Paglia
- Toshi Reagon as Street Musician
- Jocelyn Taylor as Stacey
- Barry Swimar as Relative in Yamulke
- Valarie Walker as Tamara
- Lisa Marie Bronson as Fae 'The Watermelon Woman' Richards
- Irene Dunye as Irene Dunye
- Ira Jeffries as Shirley Hamilton
- Alexandra Juhasz as Martha Page
Crew
- Cheryl Dunye · Director
- Cheryl Dunye · Writer
- Douglas McKeown · Writer
- Barry Swimar · Producer
- Paul Shapiro · Composer
- Michelle Crenshaw · Cinematographer
- Annie Taylor · Editor
- Gail Lloyd · Casting director
- Robert Holtzman · Production designer