The Watermelon Woman
MOVIE

The Watermelon Woman

Mar 5, 19971h 25m78

Description

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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Genres

DramaRomanceComedy

Cast

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

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Rating

78Combined
  • TMDB69
  • IMDb71
  • Metacritic74
  • Rotten Tomatoes92
  • Letterboxd82

Details

Release date
March 5, 1997
Runtime
1h 25m

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