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The Watermelon Woman

Name: The Watermelon Woman
Director: Cheryl Dunye
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: 1997
Rating: 7
Cast: Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner, Valarie Walker, Lisa Marie Bronson, Cheryl Clarke

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

1997 · Directed by Cheryl Dunye · 85 min · Drama · Comedy · Romance · 10 frames

Tagline

Sometimes you have to create your own history.

Crew

Written by: Cheryl Dunye
Cinematography: Michelle Crenshaw
Edited by: Annie Taylor, Cheryl Dunye
Music: Paul Shapiro
Production design: Robert Holtzman
Produced by: Alexandra Juhasz, Barry Swimar

Cast

Cheryl Dunye as Cheryl
Guinevere Turner as Diana
Valarie Walker as Tamara
Lisa Marie Bronson as Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards
Cheryl Clarke as June Walker
Irene Dunye as Self
Brian Freeman as Lee Edwards
Ira Jeffries as Shirley Hamilton
Alexandra Juhasz as Martha Page
Camille Paglia as Self

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: Dancing Girl
Themes: philadelphia, pennsylvania, media, pennsylvania, usa, mockumentary, race, lgbt, found footage, woman director, black history, black lgbt

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