The Watermelon Woman
Sometimes you have to create your own history.
1997 | 85m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Cheryl Dunye |
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| Writer: | Cheryl Dunye |
| Staring: |
| A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 05, 1997 |
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| Director: | Cheryl Dunye |
| Writer: | Cheryl Dunye |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | lgbt, woman director, black lgbt, philosophical, adoring, celebratory, vibrant |
| Production Companies | Dancing Girl |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Cheryl Dunye | Cheryl |
| Guinevere Turner | Diana |
| Valarie Walker | Tamara |
| Lisa Marie Bronson | Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards |
| Cheryl Clarke | June Walker |
| Irene Dunye | Self |
| Brian Freeman | Lee Edwards |
| Ira Jeffries | Shirley Hamilton |
| Alexandra Juhasz | Martha Page |
| Camille Paglia | Self |
| Sarah Schulman | CLIT Archivist |
| V.S. Brodie | Karaoke Singer |
| Shelley Olivier | Annie Heath |
| David Rakoff | Librarian |
| Toshi Reagon | Street Musician |
| Christopher Ridenhour | Bob |
| Kat Robertson | Yvette |
| Jocelyn Taylor | Stacey |
| Bill Wayterra | Photographer |
| Elaine Freeman | Bride's Mother |
| Erin Cramer | Bride |
| Wellington Love | Groom |
| Toni Nash | Groom's Mother |
| Zoe Goldberg | Little White Girl |
| Calder Goldberg | Little White Boy |
| Shanell Johnson | Little Black Girl 1 |
| Olivia Bokelman | Little Black Girl 2 |
| Madelyn Bokelman | Little Black Girl 3 |
| Barry Swimar | Relative in Yamulke |
| Sara Vogt | "Plantation Memories" Mistress / Cassandra Brooke (photo) |
| Ana Margaret Sanchez | "Souls of Deceit" Mulatto |
| Eve Oishi | Karaoke Cute Girl / Woman in Audience (photo) |
| Joy Malinowski | Emcee |
| Anthony Christopher | Black Banker on the Street |
| Suzi Nash | Black School Teacher on the Street |
| Earl Pittman | Sorry Rosie 1 |
| Jonathan Ellis | Sorry Rosie 2 |
| T. LaMonte McKinnon | Sorry Rosie 3 |
| S. Elizabeth Evans | Leather Girl on the Street |
| Amadee Braxton | Bus Stop Girl 1 |
| Denise Sneed | Bus Stop Girl 2 |
| Robert Reid-Pharr | Street Queen in Library Line / Fred DeShields (photo) |
| David Hanson | Grungy White Boy |
| Rita Porter | White Woman at Produce Truck |
| Brian Baisemore | Produce Man |
| Gail Lloyd | Diana's Black Date |
| Tatum Kendall | White Girl Student 1 |
| Tania Galloni | White Girl Student 2 |
| Jake Carlo | White Boy Student |
| Zanobia Webb | Poet |
| Nana Korantemaa | Drummer |
| Nana Akousa Agyiriwah | Percussionist |
| Virginia Manning | Annie's Girlfriend |
| Patricia Ellis | Mrs. Page-Fletcher |
| Lillie Hayes | Her Maid |
| James Charles Roberts | Newsreel Narrator (voice) |
| Robert Sciasci | Police Officer |
| A. Ron Marigna | Police Officer |
| Donnita Hamilton | June's Next Door Neighbor |
| K. Brent Hill | J. Liberty Wells |
| Jody Benjamin | Josie |
| Claudine Benoit | Butch at Party |
| Zoe Bissel | White Bar Dyke |
| Anna Blume | Eleanor Van Clyde |
| Mark Breitenberg | Claude Thornton |
| Kenrick Cato | Ray Blake / NAACP |
| Kristina Deutsch | Sandra Vincent |
| Charlene Gilbert | Card Playing Dyke |
| Reggie Griffin | Hambone Jones |
| Valerie Manenti | Rent Party and White Bar Dyke |
| Lilly Marnell | Femme at Party |
| Fawn McGee | Bobbi / Willa Clarke |
| Darrell Moore | NAACP |
| Luciana Moreira | Set Stylist |
| L.M. Doria Roberts | Reba Richards / Banana Skirt |
| Linda Salerno | Margaret Fitzgerald |
| Carolyn Shapiro | White Actress |
| Julia Zay | White Bar Dyke |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Stephen C. Rocamboli | Music Coordinator |
| Keelyn Bradley | Casting |
| Sharon Levin Cohen | Casting |
| K. Brent Hill | Extras Casting |
| Pamela Turchin | Production Office Coordinator |
| Justiana Birzin | Craft Service |
| Paul Shapiro | Original Music Composer |
| Michelle Crenshaw | Director of Photography |
| Robert Holtzman | Production Design |
| Luciana Moreira | Costume Design |
| Stacey Byers | Set Decoration |
| Solomon Wise | Costume Design |
| James R. Ford Jr. | Sound Editor, Associate Editor |
| Magali Taylor | Sound Editor, Additional Editor |
| Jack A. Mehlbaum | Sound Recordist |
| Mike Lemon | Casting |
| Annie Taylor | Editor |
| Bill Coleman | Music Supervisor |
| Sharon Stein | Production Manager |
| Renae Dinnerman | Assistant Director |
| Ted Shields | Second Assistant Director |
| Elenie Mansalis | Second Assistant Director |
| Michael LaCorte | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Tim Downs | Location Manager |
| Missy Moyer | Location Manager |
| Sonya Klimuk | Script Supervisor |
| Duana C. Butler | Production Coordinator |
| Kevin Boyle | Assistant Camera |
| Christopher Leo Daniels | Second Assistant Camera |
| Andrew Reed Conner | Gaffer |
| Jeff Kahn | Best Boy Grip |
| Burke Moody | Post Production Supervisor, Additional Editor |
| S. Madison Bédard | Music Coordinator |
| Dave Rainey | Boom Operator |
| Sarah Vogt | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Cheryl Dunye | Writer, Director, Editor |
| Gail Lloyd | Casting Director, Boom Operator |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Alexandra Juhasz | Producer |
| Barry Swimar | Producer |
| Cate Wilson | Co-Producer |
| Michael Light | Executive Producer |
| Annie Taylor | Co-Executive Producer |
| Burke Moody | Co-Executive Producer |
| Joy Malinowski | Associate Producer |
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