The Watermelon Woman (1997)
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Overview : A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
Date Released :1997-03-05
Votes : 117
6.9
085 Minutes
DramaComedyRomance
Main Actors
Cheryl Dunye
Cheryl
Guinevere Turner
Diana
Cheryl Clarke
June Walker
Alexandra Juhasz
Martha Page
Camille Paglia
Self
Sarah Schulman
CLIT Archivist
David Rakoff
Librarian
Jocelyn Taylor
Stacey
Reviews1
CinemaSerf
6.0
A currentReview by CinemaSerfWritten on 2025-08-02T18:27:02Z
In some ways this makes for quite an intriguing docu-drama on the historic roles of African American woman in cinema as the silents gave way to the talkies. Back then, many a cast member, regardless of race or sex, was g...