Asif Abrar

The Watermelon Woman

Drama Comedy Romance

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

Release Date: 1997-03-05

Original Language: en

Original Title: The Watermelon Woman

Status: Released

Runtime: 85 minutes

TagLine: Sometimes you have to create your own history.

Rating: (89 votes)

Budget: $0

Revenue: $0

Production Companies: Dancing Girl

Spoken Languages: English

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Cheryl Dunye (Cheryl)

15.32%

Guinevere Turner (Diana)

25.24%

Valarie Walker (Tamara)

2.48%

Lisa Marie Bronson (Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards)

2.95%

Cheryl Clarke (June Walker)

3.94%

Irene Dunye (Self)

3.70%

Brian Freeman (Lee Edwards)

8.01%

Ira Jeffries (Shirley Hamilton)

2.18%

Alexandra Juhasz (Martha Page)

4.73%

Camille Paglia (Self)

11.38%

Sarah Schulman (CLIT Archivist)

3.95%

V.S. Brodie (Karaoke Singer)

3.80%

Shelley Olivier (Annie Heath)

1.00%

David Rakoff (Librarian)

9.36%

Toshi Reagon (Street Musician)

1.00%

Christopher Ridenhour (Bob)

1.00%

Kat Robertson (Yvette)

1.47%

Jocelyn Taylor (Stacey)

1.44%

Bill Wayterra (Photographer)

1.00%

Elaine Freeman (Bride's Mother)

1.00%

Erin Cramer (Bride)

1.00%

Wellington Love (Groom)

3.01%

Toni Nash (Groom's Mother)

1.00%

Zoe Goldberg (Little White Girl)

1.00%

Calder Goldberg (Little White Boy)

1.00%

Shanell Johnson (Little Black Girl 1)

1.00%

Olivia Bokelman (Little Black Girl 2)

1.00%

Madelyn Bokelman (Little Black Girl 3)

1.00%

Barry Swimar (Relative in Yamulke)

1.57%

Sara Vogt ("Plantation Memories" Mistress / Cassandra Brooke (photo))

1.00%

Ana Margaret Sanchez ("Souls of Deceit" Mulatto)

1.00%

Eve Oishi (Karaoke Cute Girl / Woman in Audience (photo))

1.00%

Joy Malinowski (Emcee)

1.00%

Anthony Christopher (Black Banker on the Street)

1.00%

Suzi Nash (Black School Teacher on the Street)

1.00%

Earl Pittman (Sorry Rosie 1)

1.00%

Jonathan Ellis (Sorry Rosie 2)

1.00%

T. LaMonte McKinnon (Sorry Rosie 3)

1.00%

S. Elizabeth Evans (Leather Girl on the Street)

1.00%

Amadee Braxton (Bus Stop Girl 1)

1.00%

Denise Sneed (Bus Stop Girl 2)

1.00%

Robert Reid-Pharr (Street Queen in Library Line / Fred DeShields (photo))

1.00%

David Hanson (Grungy White Boy)

1.00%

Rita Porter (White Woman at Produce Truck)

1.00%

Brian Baisemore (Produce Man)

1.00%

Gail Lloyd (Diana's Black Date)

1.00%

Tatum Kendall (White Girl Student 1)

1.00%

Tania Galloni (White Girl Student 2)

1.00%

Jake Carlo (White Boy Student)

1.00%

Zanobia Webb (Poet)

1.00%

Nana Korantemaa (Drummer)

1.00%

Nana Akousa Agyiriwah (Percussionist)

1.00%

Virginia Manning (Annie's Girlfriend)

1.00%

Patricia Ellis (Mrs. Page-Fletcher)

1.00%

Lillie Hayes (Her Maid)

1.00%

James Charles Roberts (Newsreel Narrator (voice))

1.00%

Robert Sciasci (Police Officer)

1.00%

A. Ron Marigna (Police Officer)

1.00%

Donnita Hamilton (June's Next Door Neighbor)

1.00%

K. Brent Hill (J. Liberty Wells)

1.00%

Jody Benjamin (Josie)

1.00%

Claudine Benoit (Butch at Party)

1.00%

Zoe Bissel (White Bar Dyke)

1.00%

Anna Blume (Eleanor Van Clyde)

1.00%

Mark Breitenberg (Claude Thornton)

1.00%

Kenrick Cato (Ray Blake / NAACP)

1.00%

Kristina Deutsch (Sandra Vincent)

1.00%

Charlene Gilbert (Card Playing Dyke)

1.00%

Reggie Griffin (Hambone Jones)

1.00%

Valerie Manenti (Rent Party and White Bar Dyke)

1.00%

Lilly Marnell (Femme at Party)

1.00%

Fawn McGee (Bobbi / Willa Clarke)

1.00%

Darrell Moore (NAACP)

1.00%

Luciana Moreira (Set Stylist)

1.00%

L.M. Doria Roberts (Reba Richards / Banana Skirt)

1.00%

Linda Salerno (Margaret Fitzgerald)

1.00%

Carolyn Shapiro (White Actress)

1.00%

Julia Zay (White Bar Dyke)

1.00%

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