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The Watermelon Woman
"Sometimes you have to create your own history."
7.0(131)1h 25m1997en
A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
Director
Cheryl Dunye
Languages
English
Status
Released
The Cast
Who's In It
Cheryl Dunye
Cheryl
Guinevere Turner
Diana
Cheryl Clarke
June Walker
Alexandra Juhasz
Martha Page
Camille Paglia
Self
Sarah Schulman
CLIT Archivist
David Rakoff
Librarian
Jocelyn Taylor
Stacey
Gail Lloyd
Diana's Black Date
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