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MOVIE

The Watermelon Woman

Sometimes you have to create your own history.

1997 • HD • 12 • 85min

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Story

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

Country United States Language English

Genre Drama Comedy Romance

Keywords #woman director #philadelphia pennsylvania #lgbt #race #media #pennsylvania usa #mockumentary #found footage #black lgbt #black history

Credits

Cheryl Dunye photo

Cheryl Dunye

director

Guinevere Turner photo

Guinevere Turner

Diana

Cheryl Clarke photo

Cheryl Clarke

June Walker

Alexandra Juhasz photo

Alexandra Juhasz

Martha Page

Camille Paglia photo

Camille Paglia

Self

Sarah Schulman photo

Sarah Schulman

CLIT Archivist

David Rakoff photo

David Rakoff

Librarian

Jocelyn Taylor photo

Jocelyn Taylor

Stacey

Gail Lloyd photo

Gail Lloyd

Diana's Black Date

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