The Watermelon Woman
Sometimes you have to create your own history.
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3/5/1997Runtime
85 minsOverview
A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
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A playful, deeply felt mockumentary that weaves together personal obsession, film history, and the search for hidden stories within cinema's margins. It celebrates Black queer desire and artistic self-invention while asking urgent questions about who gets to be remembered and how.
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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
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