The Watermelon Woman

Name: The Watermelon Woman
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: 1997-03-05
Rating: 7

Sometimes you have to create your own history.

March 5, 1997 85 min

✓ Released 10796 days ago

Drama Comedy Romance

7.0

User Score

130 votes

About

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

Status: Released

Director: Cheryl Dunye

Runtime: 85 min

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