The Watermelon Woman
The Watermelon Woman
DramaComedyRomance

The Watermelon Woman

1997
85 min
6.8
68.0%
User Score
(107 votes)

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

STARRING

Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner, Valarie Walker, Lisa Marie Bronson, Cheryl Clarke

Videos & Trailers

Trailer
1080p
Trailer

Trailer

BFI at Home: The Watermelon Woman Q&A
720p
Featurette

BFI at Home: The Watermelon Woman Q&A

Mark Kermode Reviews Watermelon Woman (1996)
1080p
Featurette

Mark Kermode Reviews Watermelon Woman (1996)

A Flirty Customer
720p
Clip

A Flirty Customer

"I'm very attracted to you"
720p
Clip

"I'm very attracted to you"

Cheryl Explains it All
1080p
Clip

Cheryl Explains it All

Cast

Cheryl Dunye

Cheryl Dunye

Cheryl

Guinevere Turner

Guinevere Turner

Diana

Valarie Walker

Tamara

Lisa Marie Bronson

Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards

Cheryl Clarke

Cheryl Clarke

June Walker

Irene Dunye

Self

Brian Freeman

Lee Edwards

Ira Jeffries

Shirley Hamilton

Alexandra Juhasz

Alexandra Juhasz

Martha Page

Camille Paglia

Camille Paglia

Self

Sarah Schulman

Sarah Schulman

CLIT Archivist

V.S. Brodie

Karaoke Singer