The Watermelon Woman
Original title: The Watermelon Woman
Original language: enIMDB: tt0118125
TMDB: 44479
Release date: Wednesday, 5th March 1997
Adult: No
Duration: 1h 25min
Popularity: 5.421
Rate: 6.867 / 79 votes
Overview: A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
Popularity: 5.421
Rate: 6.867 / 79 votes
Overview: A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
Directors
Cheryl Dunye
(Director)
(Director)Writers
Cheryl Dunye (Writer)
(Writer)Cast
Cheryl Dunye (Cheryl)
(Cheryl)Guinevere Turner
(Diana)
(Diana)Valarie Walker
(Tamara)
(Tamara)Lisa Marie Bronson (Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards)
(Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards)Cheryl Clarke
(June Walker)
(June Walker)Irene Dunye (Self)
(Self)Brian Freeman (Lee Edwards)
(Lee Edwards)Ira Jeffries (Shirley Hamilton)
(Shirley Hamilton)Alexandra Juhasz (Martha Page)
(Martha Page)Camille Paglia
(Self)
(Self)Sarah Schulman
(CLIT Archivist)
(CLIT Archivist)V.S. Brodie (Karaoke Singer)
(Karaoke Singer)Shelley Olivier (Annie Heath)
(Annie Heath)David Rakoff
(Librarian)
(Librarian)Toshi Reagon (Street Musician)
(Street Musician)Christopher Ridenhour (Bob)
(Bob)Kat Robertson (Yvette)
(Yvette)Jocelyn Taylor
(Stacey)
(Stacey)Bill Wayterra (Photographer)
(Photographer)Elaine Freeman (Bride's Mother)
(Bride's Mother)Erin Cramer (Bride)
(Bride)Wellington Love (Groom)
(Groom)Toni Nash (Groom's Mother)
(Groom's Mother)Zoe Goldberg (Little White Girl)
(Little White Girl)Calder Goldberg (Little White Boy)
(Little White Boy)Shanell Johnson (Little Black Girl 1)
(Little Black Girl 1)Olivia Bokelman (Little Black Girl 2)
(Little Black Girl 2)Madelyn Bokelman (Little Black Girl 3)
(Little Black Girl 3)Barry Swimar (Relative in Yamulke)
(Relative in Yamulke)Sara Vogt ("Plantation Memories" Mistress / Cassandra Brooke (photo))
("Plantation Memories" Mistress / Cassandra Brooke (photo))Ana Margaret Sanchez ("Souls of Deceit" Mulatto)
("Souls of Deceit" Mulatto)Eve Oishi (Karaoke Cute Girl / Woman in Audience (photo))
(Karaoke Cute Girl / Woman in Audience (photo))Joy Malinowski (Emcee)
(Emcee)Anthony Christopher (Black Banker on the Street)
(Black Banker on the Street)Suzi Nash (Black School Teacher on the Street)
(Black School Teacher on the Street)Earl Pittman (Sorry Rosie 1)
(Sorry Rosie 1)Jonathan Ellis (Sorry Rosie 2)
(Sorry Rosie 2)T. LaMonte McKinnon (Sorry Rosie 3)
(Sorry Rosie 3)S. Elizabeth Evans (Leather Girl on the Street)
(Leather Girl on the Street)Amadee Braxton (Bus Stop Girl 1)
(Bus Stop Girl 1)Denise Sneed (Bus Stop Girl 2)
(Bus Stop Girl 2)Robert Reid-Pharr (Street Queen in Library Line / Fred DeShields (photo))
(Street Queen in Library Line / Fred DeShields (photo))David Hanson (Grungy White Boy)
(Grungy White Boy)Rita Porter (White Woman at Produce Truck)
(White Woman at Produce Truck)Brian Baisemore (Produce Man)
(Produce Man)Gail Lloyd
(Diana's Black Date)
(Diana's Black Date)Tatum Kendall (White Girl Student 1)
(White Girl Student 1)Tania Galloni (White Girl Student 2)
(White Girl Student 2)Jake Carlo (White Boy Student)
(White Boy Student)Zanobia Webb (Poet)
(Poet)Nana Korantemaa (Drummer)
(Drummer)Nana Akousa Agyiriwah (Percussionist)
(Percussionist)Virginia Manning (Annie's Girlfriend)
(Annie's Girlfriend)Patricia Ellis (Mrs. Page-Fletcher)
(Mrs. Page-Fletcher)Lillie Hayes (Her Maid)
(Her Maid)James Charles Roberts (Newsreel Narrator (voice))
(Newsreel Narrator (voice))Robert Sciasci (Police Officer)
(Police Officer)A. Ron Marigna (Police Officer)
(Police Officer)Donnita Hamilton (June's Next Door Neighbor)
(June's Next Door Neighbor)K. Brent Hill (J. Liberty Wells)
(J. Liberty Wells)Jody Benjamin (Josie)
(Josie)Claudine Benoit (Butch at Party)
(Butch at Party)Zoe Bissel (White Bar Dyke)
(White Bar Dyke)Anna Blume (Eleanor Van Clyde)
(Eleanor Van Clyde)Mark Breitenberg (Claude Thornton)
(Claude Thornton)Kenrick Cato (Ray Blake / NAACP)
(Ray Blake / NAACP)Kristina Deutsch (Sandra Vincent)
(Sandra Vincent)Charlene Gilbert (Card Playing Dyke)
(Card Playing Dyke)Reggie Griffin (Hambone Jones)
(Hambone Jones)Valerie Manenti (Rent Party and White Bar Dyke)
(Rent Party and White Bar Dyke)Lilly Marnell (Femme at Party)
(Femme at Party)Fawn McGee (Bobbi / Willa Clarke)
(Bobbi / Willa Clarke)Darrell Moore (NAACP)
(NAACP)Luciana Moreira (Set Stylist)
(Set Stylist)L.M. Doria Roberts (Reba Richards / Banana Skirt)
(Reba Richards / Banana Skirt)Linda Salerno (Margaret Fitzgerald)
(Margaret Fitzgerald)Carolyn Shapiro (White Actress)
(White Actress)Julia Zay (White Bar Dyke)
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