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The Watermelon Woman (1997)
Directed by Cheryl Dunye
Overview
A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played ‘mammy’ archetypes.
Length 85 minutes
Actors
Cheryl Dunye | Guinevere Turner | Valarie Walker | Lisa Marie Bronson | Cheryl Clarke | Irene Dunye | Brian Freeman | Ira Jeffries | Alexandra Juhasz | Camille Paglia | Sarah Schulman | V.S. Brodie | Shelley Olivier | David Rakoff | Toshi Reagon | Christopher Ridenhour | Kat Robertson | Jocelyn Taylor | Bill Wayterra | Elaine Freeman | Erin Cramer | Wellington Love | Toni Nash | Zoe Goldberg | Calder Goldberg | Shanell Johnson | Olivia Bokelman | Madelyn Bokelman | Barry Swimar | Sara Vogt | Ana Margaret Sanchez | Eve Oishi | Joy Malinowski | Anthony Christopher | Suzi Nash | Earl Pittman | Jonathan Ellis | T. LaMonte McKinnon | S. Elizabeth Evans | Amadee Braxton | Denise Sneed | Robert Reid-Pharr | David Hanson | Rita Porter | Brian Baisemore | Gail Lloyd | Tatum Kendall | Tania Galloni | Jake Carlo | Zanobia Webb | Nana Korantemaa | Nana Akousa Agyiriwah | Virginia Manning | Patricia Ellis | Lillie Hayes | James Charles Roberts | Robert Sciasci | A. Ron Marigna | Donnita Hamilton | K. Brent Hill | Jody Benjamin | Claudine Benoit | Zoe Bissel | Anna Blume | Mark Breitenberg | Kenrick Cato | Kristina Deutsch | Charlene Gilbert | Reggie Griffin | Valerie Manenti | Lilly Marnell | Fawn McGee | Darrell Moore | Luciana Moreira | L.M. Doria Roberts | Linda Salerno | Carolyn Shapiro | Julia Zay