The Watermelon Woman (1997)

7.0/10 • 85 min • Drama Comedy Romance

Overview

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

Cast

Cheryl Dunye

Cheryl

Guinevere Turner

Diana

Cheryl Clarke

June Walker

Alexandra Juhasz

Martha Page

Camille Paglia

Self

Sarah Schulman

CLIT Archivist

David Rakoff

Librarian

Jocelyn Taylor

Stacey

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