The Watermelon Woman
# Sometimes you have to create your own history.
📜 Overview:
A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
🌏 Languages Available:
English
📆 Date Released:
1997-03-05
⌚ Running Time:
85 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
6.9
Beloved Cast
Cheryl
Cheryl Dunye
Diana
Guinevere Turner
Tamara
Valarie Walker
Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards
Lisa Marie Bronson
June Walker
Cheryl Clarke
Self
Irene Dunye
Lee Edwards
Brian Freeman
Shirley Hamilton
Ira Jeffries
Martha Page
Alexandra Juhasz
Self
Camille Paglia
CLIT Archivist
Sarah Schulman
Karaoke Singer
V.S. Brodie
Annie Heath
Shelley Olivier
Librarian
David Rakoff
Street Musician
Toshi Reagon
Bob
Christopher Ridenhour
Yvette
Kat Robertson
Stacey
Jocelyn Taylor
Photographer
Bill Wayterra
Bride's Mother
Elaine Freeman
Bride
Erin Cramer
Groom
Wellington Love
Groom's Mother
Toni Nash
Little White Girl
Zoe Goldberg
Little White Boy
Calder Goldberg
Little Black Girl 1
Shanell Johnson
Little Black Girl 2
Olivia Bokelman
Little Black Girl 3
Madelyn Bokelman
Relative in Yamulke
Barry Swimar
"Plantation Memories" Mistress / Cassandra Brooke (photo)
Sara Vogt
"Souls of Deceit" Mulatto
Ana Margaret Sanchez
Karaoke Cute Girl / Woman in Audience (photo)
Eve Oishi
Emcee
Joy Malinowski
Black Banker on the Street
Anthony Christopher
Black School Teacher on the Street
Suzi Nash
Sorry Rosie 1
Earl Pittman
Sorry Rosie 2
Jonathan Ellis
Sorry Rosie 3
T. LaMonte McKinnon
Leather Girl on the Street
S. Elizabeth Evans
Bus Stop Girl 1
Amadee Braxton
Bus Stop Girl 2
Denise Sneed
Street Queen in Library Line / Fred DeShields (photo)
Robert Reid-Pharr
Grungy White Boy
David Hanson
White Woman at Produce Truck
Rita Porter
Produce Man
Brian Baisemore
Diana's Black Date
Gail Lloyd
White Girl Student 1
Tatum Kendall
White Girl Student 2
Tania Galloni
White Boy Student
Jake Carlo
Poet
Zanobia Webb
Drummer
Nana Korantemaa
Percussionist
Nana Akousa Agyiriwah
Annie's Girlfriend
Virginia Manning
Mrs. Page-Fletcher
Patricia Ellis
Her Maid
Lillie Hayes
Newsreel Narrator (voice)
James Charles Roberts
Police Officer
Robert Sciasci
Police Officer
A. Ron Marigna
June's Next Door Neighbor
Donnita Hamilton
J. Liberty Wells
K. Brent Hill
Josie
Jody Benjamin
Butch at Party
Claudine Benoit
White Bar Dyke
Zoe Bissel
Eleanor Van Clyde
Anna Blume
Claude Thornton
Mark Breitenberg
Ray Blake / NAACP
Kenrick Cato
Sandra Vincent
Kristina Deutsch
Card Playing Dyke
Charlene Gilbert
Hambone Jones
Reggie Griffin
Rent Party and White Bar Dyke
Valerie Manenti
Femme at Party
Lilly Marnell
Bobbi / Willa Clarke
Fawn McGee
NAACP
Darrell Moore
Set Stylist
Luciana Moreira
Reba Richards / Banana Skirt
L.M. Doria Roberts
Margaret Fitzgerald
Linda Salerno
White Actress
Carolyn Shapiro
White Bar Dyke
Julia Zay
