Movie Description
The Watermelon Woman
(1997)Overview
A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
Featured Crew
- Director : Cheryl Dunye
- Producer : Alexandra Juhasz,Barry Swimar
- Writer : Cheryl Dunye
- Editor : Annie Taylor,Cheryl Dunye
- Cast : Cheryl Dunye,Guinevere Turner,Valarie Walker,Lisa Marie Bronson,Cheryl Clarke,Irene Dunye,Brian Freeman,Ira Jeffries,Alexandra Juhasz,Camille Paglia,Sarah Schulman,V.S. Brodie,Shelley Olivier,David Rakoff,Toshi Reagon,Christopher Ridenhour,Kat Robertson,Jocelyn Taylor,Bill Wayterra,Elaine Freeman,Erin Cramer,Wellington Love,Toni Nash,Zoe Goldberg,Calder Goldberg,Shanell Johnson,Olivia Bokelman,Madelyn Bokelman,Barry Swimar,Sara Vogt,Ana Margaret Sanchez,Eve Oishi,Joy Malinowski,Anthony Christopher,Suzi Nash,Earl Pittman,Jonathan Ellis,T. LaMonte McKinnon,S. Elizabeth Evans,Amadee Braxton,Denise Sneed,Robert Reid-Pharr,David Hanson,Rita Porter,Brian Baisemore,Gail Lloyd,Tatum Kendall,Tania Galloni,Jake Carlo,Zanobia Webb,Nana Korantemaa,Nana Akousa Agyiriwah,Virginia Manning,Patricia Ellis,Lillie Hayes,James Charles Roberts,Robert Sciasci,A. Ron Marigna,Donnita Hamilton,K. Brent Hill,Jody Benjamin,Claudine Benoit,Zoe Bissel,Anna Blume,Mark Breitenberg,Kenrick Cato,Kristina Deutsch,Charlene Gilbert,Reggie Griffin,Valerie Manenti,Lilly Marnell,Fawn McGee,Darrell Moore,Luciana Moreira,L.M. Doria Roberts,Linda Salerno,Carolyn Shapiro,Julia Zay
Cast
Cheryl
Diana
Tamara
Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards
June Walker
Self
Lee Edwards
Shirley Hamilton
Martha Page
Self
CLIT Archivist
Karaoke Singer
Annie Heath
Librarian
Street Musician
Yvette
Stacey
Photographer
Bride's Mother
Bride
Groom
Groom's Mother
Little White Girl
Little White Boy
Little Black Girl 1
Little Black Girl 2
Little Black Girl 3
Relative in Yamulke
"Plantation Memories" Mistress / Cassandra Brooke (photo)
"Souls of Deceit" Mulatto
Karaoke Cute Girl / Woman in Audience (photo)
Emcee
Black Banker on the Street
Black School Teacher on the Street
Sorry Rosie 1
Sorry Rosie 2
Sorry Rosie 3
Leather Girl on the Street
Bus Stop Girl 1
Bus Stop Girl 2
Street Queen in Library Line / Fred DeShields (photo)
Grungy White Boy
White Woman at Produce Truck
Produce Man
Diana's Black Date
White Girl Student 1
White Girl Student 2
White Boy Student
Poet
Drummer
Percussionist
Annie's Girlfriend
Mrs. Page-Fletcher
Her Maid
Newsreel Narrator (voice)
Police Officer
Police Officer
June's Next Door Neighbor
J. Liberty Wells
Josie
Butch at Party
White Bar Dyke
Eleanor Van Clyde
Claude Thornton
Ray Blake / NAACP
Sandra Vincent
Card Playing Dyke
Hambone Jones
Rent Party and White Bar Dyke
Femme at Party
Bobbi / Willa Clarke
NAACP
Set Stylist
Reba Richards / Banana Skirt
Margaret Fitzgerald
White Actress
White Bar Dyke
Posters
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Facts
Original TitleThe Watermelon Woman
Status Released
Release Information
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1997-03-05
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 25m
Production CompaniesDancing Girl
Genres
- Drama
- Comedy
- Romance
