Film
The Watermelon Woman
1997 · 1h 25m
Drama, Comedy, Romance
TMDB 6.9 · 125 votes
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 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