The Watermelon Woman

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

Release Date: 1997-03-05

Drama

Comedy

Romance

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Casts

Cheryl Dunye

as Cheryl

Guinevere Turner

as Diana

Cheryl Clarke

as June Walker

Camille Paglia

as Self

Sarah Schulman

as CLIT Archivist

David Rakoff

as Librarian

Jocelyn Taylor

as Stacey

Gail Lloyd

as Diana's Black Date

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