

Sometimes you have to create your own history.
March 5, 1997
1h 25m
EN
Cheryl Dunye
A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.

Cheryl Dunye
Cheryl

Guinevere Turner
Diana

Valarie Walker
Tamara

Lisa Marie Bronson
Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards



Cheryl Dunye
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Cheryl Clarke
June Walker

Irene Dunye
Self

Brian Freeman
Lee Edwards

Ira Jeffries
Shirley Hamilton

Alexandra Juhasz
Martha Page

Camille Paglia
Self
Dancing Girl
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