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The Watermelon Woman

The Watermelon Woman1997

★7.085 minDramaComedyRomance

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

Director

Writer

Score

Stars

Cheryl Dunye Guinevere Turner Valarie Walker

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

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