The Watermelon Woman
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.
Cast
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
Shelley Olivier
Annie Heath
David Rakoff
Librarian
Toshi Reagon
Street Musician
Christopher Ridenhour
Bob
Kat Robertson
Yvette
Jocelyn Taylor
Stacey
Bill Wayterra
Photographer
Elaine Freeman
Bride's Mother
Erin Cramer
Bride
Wellington Love
Groom
Toni Nash
Groom's Mother
Zoe Goldberg
Little White Girl
Director
Images
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