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About
A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
Theatrical
Mar 5, 1997
DVD / Blu-ray
May 9, 2000
Director
Producers
Michael Light, Burke Moody, Alexandra Juhasz
Music
Paul Shapiro
Studio
Dancing Girl
Cast
Full credits →C
Cheryl Dunye
Cheryl
G
Guinevere Turner
Diana
C
Cheryl Clarke
June Walker
B
Brian Freeman
Lee Edwards
A
Alexandra Juhasz
Martha Page
C
Camille Paglia
Self
S
Sarah Schulman
CLIT Archivist
V
V.S. Brodie
Karaoke Singer
D
David Rakoff
Librarian
J
Jocelyn Taylor
Stacey
W
Wellington Love
Groom
E
Eve Oishi
Karaoke Cute Girl / Woman in Audience (photo)
G
Gail Lloyd
Diana's Black Date
K
K. Brent Hill
J. Liberty Wells
