The Watermelon Woman
- Drama
- Comedy
- Romance
3/5/1997
85
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.
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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
- Shelley OlivierAnnie Heath
- David RakoffLibrarian
- Toshi ReagonStreet Musician
- Christopher RidenhourBob