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Film · 1997
The Watermelon Woman
1h 25mDirected by Cheryl Dunye
- Drama
- Comedy
- Romance
Sometimes you have to create your own history.
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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Cast
Cheryl DunyeCheryl
Guinevere TurnerDiana- Valarie WalkerTamara
- Lisa Marie BronsonFae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards
Cheryl ClarkeJune Walker- Irene DunyeSelf
- Brian FreemanLee Edwards
- Ira JeffriesShirley Hamilton
Alexandra JuhaszMartha Page
Camille PagliaSelf
Sarah SchulmanCLIT Archivist- V.S. BrodieKaraoke Singer
Details
- Director
- Cheryl Dunye
- Writer
- Cheryl Dunye
- Music
- Paul Shapiro
- Cinematography
- Michelle Crenshaw
- Editor
- Annie Taylor, Cheryl Dunye
- Producer
- Barry Swimar, Alexandra Juhasz
- Release
- March 5, 1997
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Language
- English
- Studio
- Dancing Girl
- TMDB score
- 7.0 / 10 from 131 votes
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