The Watermelon Woman

The Watermelon Woman (1997)

Sometimes you have to create your own history.

Drama Comedy Romance

A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.

star 6.9 7.1 74 92%
  • Release Date: 1997-03-05
  • Runtime: 1h 25min
  • Director: Cheryl Dunye

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • 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

    • Shelley Olivier

      Annie Heath

    • David Rakoff

      Librarian

    • Toshi Reagon

      Street Musician

    • Christopher Ridenhour

      Bob

    • Kat Robertson

      Yvette

    • Jocelyn Taylor

      Stacey

    • Bill Wayterra

      Photographer

    • Elaine Freeman

      Bride's Mother

    • Erin Cramer

      Bride

    • Wellington Love

      Groom

    • Toni Nash

      Groom's Mother

    • Zoe Goldberg

      Little White Girl

    • Calder Goldberg

      Little White Boy

    • Shanell Johnson

      Little Black Girl 1

    • Olivia Bokelman

      Little Black Girl 2

    • Madelyn Bokelman

      Little Black Girl 3

    • Barry Swimar

      Relative in Yamulke

    • Sara Vogt

      "Plantation Memories" Mistress / Cassandra Brooke (photo)

    • Ana Margaret Sanchez

      "Souls of Deceit" Mulatto

    • Eve Oishi

      Karaoke Cute Girl / Woman in Audience (photo)

    • Joy Malinowski

      Emcee

    • Anthony Christopher

      Black Banker on the Street

    • Suzi Nash

      Black School Teacher on the Street

    • Earl Pittman

      Sorry Rosie 1

    • Jonathan Ellis

      Sorry Rosie 2

    • T. LaMonte McKinnon

      Sorry Rosie 3

    • S. Elizabeth Evans

      Leather Girl on the Street

    • Amadee Braxton

      Bus Stop Girl 1

    • Denise Sneed

      Bus Stop Girl 2

    • Robert Reid-Pharr

      Street Queen in Library Line / Fred DeShields (photo)

    • David Hanson

      Grungy White Boy

    • Rita Porter

      White Woman at Produce Truck

    • Brian Baisemore

      Produce Man

    • Gail Lloyd

      Diana's Black Date

    • Tatum Kendall

      White Girl Student 1

    • Tania Galloni

      White Girl Student 2

    • Jake Carlo

      White Boy Student

    • Zanobia Webb

      Poet

    • Nana Korantemaa

      Drummer

    • Nana Akousa Agyiriwah

      Percussionist

    • Virginia Manning

      Annie's Girlfriend

    • Patricia Ellis

      Mrs. Page-Fletcher

    • Lillie Hayes

      Her Maid

    • James Charles Roberts

      Newsreel Narrator (voice)

    • Robert Sciasci

      Police Officer

    • A. Ron Marigna

      Police Officer

    • Donnita Hamilton

      June's Next Door Neighbor

    • K. Brent Hill

      J. Liberty Wells

    • Jody Benjamin

      Josie

    • Claudine Benoit

      Butch at Party

    • Zoe Bissel

      White Bar Dyke

    • Anna Blume

      Eleanor Van Clyde

    • Mark Breitenberg

      Claude Thornton

    • Kenrick Cato

      Ray Blake / NAACP

    • Kristina Deutsch

      Sandra Vincent

    • Charlene Gilbert

      Card Playing Dyke

    • Reggie Griffin

      Hambone Jones

    • Valerie Manenti

      Rent Party and White Bar Dyke

    • Lilly Marnell

      Femme at Party

    • Fawn McGee

      Bobbi / Willa Clarke

    • Darrell Moore

      NAACP

    • Luciana Moreira

      Set Stylist

    • L.M. Doria Roberts

      Reba Richards / Banana Skirt

    • Linda Salerno

      Margaret Fitzgerald

    • Carolyn Shapiro

      White Actress

    • Julia Zay

      White Bar Dyke

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