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Sometimes you have to create your own history.

The Watermelon Woman

19971h 25m6.9 TMDB

DramaComedyRomance

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

Directed by Cheryl Dunye

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Cast

Cheryl Dunye

Cheryl

Guinevere Turner

Diana

Valarie Walker

Tamara

Lisa Marie Bronson

Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards

Cheryl Clarke

June Walker

Irene Dunye

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Lee Edwards

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Martha Page

Camille Paglia

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At a glance

Status: Released
Original language: en
IMDb ID: tt0118125

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