The Watermelon Woman

"Sometimes you have to create your own history."

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

Director: Cheryl Dunye

Cast

Cheryl Dunye

Cheryl

Guinevere Turner

Diana

V

Valarie Walker

Tamara

L

Lisa Marie Bronson

Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards

Cheryl Clarke

June Walker

I

Irene Dunye

Self

B

Brian Freeman

Lee Edwards

I

Ira Jeffries

Shirley Hamilton