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The Watermelon Woman

Cheryl Dunye

1997 • 1h 25m

A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.

The Watermelon Woman

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Cast

Cheryl Dunye

Cheryl DunyeCheryl

Guinevere Turner

Guinevere TurnerDiana

Valarie WalkerTamara

Lisa Marie BronsonFae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards

Cheryl Clarke

Cheryl ClarkeJune Walker

Irene DunyeSelf

Brian FreemanLee Edwards

Ira JeffriesShirley Hamilton

Alexandra Juhasz

Alexandra JuhaszMartha Page

Camille Paglia

Camille PagliaSelf

Sarah Schulman

Sarah SchulmanCLIT Archivist

V.S. BrodieKaraoke Singer

Shelley OlivierAnnie Heath

David Rakoff

David RakoffLibrarian

Toshi ReagonStreet Musician

Crew

Cheryl Dunye

Cheryl DunyeDirector

Gail Lloyd

Gail LloydCasting Director

Alexandra Juhasz

Alexandra JuhaszProducer

Christine Vachon

Christine VachonThanks

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