The Watermelon Woman

Drama | Comedy

6.9

Release Date

March 5, 1997

Duration

85 min

Status

Released

Language

Overview

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

Casts

Cheryl

Cheryl Dunye

Diana

Guinevere Turner

Tamara

Valarie Walker

Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards

Lisa Marie Bronson

June Walker

Cheryl Clarke

Self

Irene Dunye

Lee Edwards

Brian Freeman

Shirley Hamilton

Ira Jeffries

Martha Page

Alexandra Juhasz

Self

Camille Paglia

CLIT Archivist

Sarah Schulman

Karaoke Singer

V.S. Brodie

Annie Heath

Shelley Olivier

Librarian

David Rakoff

Street Musician

Toshi Reagon

Bob

Christopher Ridenhour

Yvette

Kat Robertson

Stacey

Jocelyn Taylor

Photographer

Bill Wayterra

Bride's Mother

Elaine Freeman

Bride

Erin Cramer

Groom

Wellington Love

Groom's Mother

Toni Nash

Little White Girl

Zoe Goldberg

Little White Boy

Calder Goldberg

Little Black Girl 1

Shanell Johnson

Little Black Girl 2

Olivia Bokelman

Little Black Girl 3

Madelyn Bokelman

Relative in Yamulke

Barry Swimar

"Plantation Memories" Mistress / Cassandra Brooke (photo)

Sara Vogt

"Souls of Deceit" Mulatto

Ana Margaret Sanchez

Karaoke Cute Girl / Woman in Audience (photo)

Eve Oishi

Emcee

Joy Malinowski

Black Banker on the Street

Anthony Christopher

Black School Teacher on the Street

Suzi Nash

Sorry Rosie 1

Earl Pittman

Sorry Rosie 2

Jonathan Ellis

Sorry Rosie 3

T. LaMonte McKinnon

Leather Girl on the Street

S. Elizabeth Evans

Bus Stop Girl 1

Amadee Braxton

Bus Stop Girl 2

Denise Sneed

Street Queen in Library Line / Fred DeShields (photo)

Robert Reid-Pharr

Grungy White Boy

David Hanson

White Woman at Produce Truck

Rita Porter

Produce Man

Brian Baisemore

Diana's Black Date

Gail Lloyd

White Girl Student 1

Tatum Kendall

White Girl Student 2

Tania Galloni

White Boy Student

Jake Carlo

Poet

Zanobia Webb

Drummer

Nana Korantemaa

Percussionist

Nana Akousa Agyiriwah

Annie's Girlfriend

Virginia Manning

Mrs. Page-Fletcher

Patricia Ellis

Her Maid

Lillie Hayes

Newsreel Narrator (voice)

James Charles Roberts

Police Officer

Robert Sciasci

Police Officer

A. Ron Marigna

June's Next Door Neighbor

Donnita Hamilton

J. Liberty Wells

K. Brent Hill

Josie

Jody Benjamin

Butch at Party

Claudine Benoit

White Bar Dyke

Zoe Bissel

Eleanor Van Clyde

Anna Blume

Claude Thornton

Mark Breitenberg

Ray Blake / NAACP

Kenrick Cato

Sandra Vincent

Kristina Deutsch

Card Playing Dyke

Charlene Gilbert

Hambone Jones

Reggie Griffin

Rent Party and White Bar Dyke

Valerie Manenti

Femme at Party

Lilly Marnell

Bobbi / Willa Clarke

Fawn McGee

NAACP

Darrell Moore

Set Stylist

Luciana Moreira

Reba Richards / Banana Skirt

L.M. Doria Roberts

Margaret Fitzgerald

Linda Salerno

White Actress

Carolyn Shapiro

White Bar Dyke

Julia Zay