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The Watermelon Woman

7.0Mar 5, 19971h 25mDramaComedyRomance

Directed by Cheryl Dunye

Written by Cheryl Dunye, Douglas McKeown

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

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Cast

Cheryl Dunye

Cheryl Dunye

Cheryl

Guinevere Turner

Guinevere Turner

Diana

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Valarie Walker

Tamara

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Lisa Marie Bronson

Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards

Cheryl Clarke

Cheryl Clarke

June Walker

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Irene Dunye

Self

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Brian Freeman

Lee Edwards

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Ira Jeffries

Shirley Hamilton

Alexandra Juhasz

Alexandra Juhasz

Martha Page

Camille Paglia

Camille Paglia

Self

Sarah Schulman

Sarah Schulman

CLIT Archivist

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V.S. Brodie

Karaoke Singer

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