Guinevere Turner
Diana
The Watermelon Woman
6.9/10 TMDB1997Drama85 minutes
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.
GU
V.
V.S. Brodie
Karaoke Singer
CH
Cheryl Dunye
Cheryl
CH
Cheryl Clarke
June Walker
CA
Camille Paglia
Self
SA
Sarah Schulman
CLIT Archivist
BR
Brian Freeman
Lee Edwards
DA
David Rakoff
Librarian
JO
Jocelyn Taylor
Stacey
AL
Alexandra Juhasz
Martha Page
KR
Kristina Deutsch
Sandra Vincent
WE
Wellington Love
Groom
6 videos
Trailer
Trailer
BFI at Home: The Watermelon Woman Q&A
Featurette
Mark Kermode Reviews Watermelon Woman (1996)
Featurette
A Flirty Customer
Clip
"I'm very attracted to you"
Clip
Cheryl Explains it All
Clip
DramaComedyRomance
85 minutes
English
United States of America
March 5, 1997
RATINGS
6.9/10
TMDB's User Score
108 votes