poster movie

The Watermelon Woman

Sometimes you have to create your own history.

6.882 average rating
★★★★★
6.882
English / 85 MIN. / 1997

The Genres

Drama Comedy Romance

The Synopsis

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

The Cast

Cheryl DunyeGuinevere TurnerValarie WalkerLisa Marie BronsonCheryl ClarkeIrene DunyeBrian FreemanIra JeffriesAlexandra JuhaszCamille PagliaSarah SchulmanV.S. BrodieShelley OlivierDavid RakoffToshi ReagonChristopher RidenhourKat RobertsonJocelyn TaylorBill WayterraElaine FreemanErin CramerWellington LoveToni NashZoe GoldbergCalder GoldbergShanell JohnsonOlivia BokelmanMadelyn BokelmanBarry SwimarSara VogtAna Margaret SanchezEve OishiJoy MalinowskiAnthony ChristopherSuzi NashEarl PittmanJonathan EllisT. LaMonte McKinnonS. Elizabeth EvansAmadee BraxtonDenise SneedRobert Reid-PharrDavid HansonRita PorterBrian BaisemoreGail LloydTatum KendallTania GalloniJake CarloZanobia WebbNana KorantemaaNana Akousa AgyiriwahVirginia ManningPatricia EllisLillie HayesJames Charles RobertsRobert SciasciA. Ron MarignaDonnita HamiltonK. Brent HillJody BenjaminClaudine BenoitZoe BisselAnna BlumeMark BreitenbergKenrick CatoKristina DeutschCharlene GilbertReggie GriffinValerie ManentiLilly MarnellFawn McGeeDarrell MooreLuciana MoreiraL.M. Doria RobertsLinda SalernoCarolyn ShapiroJulia Zay
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