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The Watermelon Woman

1996, comedy, drama, love

85 minutes

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

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Cast

Cheryl Dunye

Cheryl Dunye

Cheryl

Lisa Marie Bronson

Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards

Cheryll Clarke

June Walker

Brian Freeman

Lee Edwards

Ira Jeffries

Shirley Hamilton

Alexandra Juhasz

Martha Page

Sarah Schulman

Sarah Schulman

CLIT Archivist

V.S. Brodie

Karaoke Singer

Shelley Olivier

Annie Heath

David Rakoff

David Rakoff

Librarian

Toshi Reagon

Street Musician

Kat Robertson

Yvette

Bill Wayterra

Photographer

Elaine Freeman

Bride's Mother

Erin Cramer

Bride

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)

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

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

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

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

Crew

Art

Robert Holtzman

Production design

Stacey Byers

Set decoration

Camera

Costume and make-up

Luciana Moreira

Costume design

Solomon Wise

Costume design

Crew

Directing

Cheryl Dunye

Cheryl Dunye

Director

Sonya Klimuk

Script supervisor

Ted Shields

Second assistant director

Elenie Mansalis

Second assistant director

Editing

Annie Taylor

Editor

Cheryl Dunye

Cheryl Dunye

Editor

Lighting

Production

Joy Malinowski

Associate producer

Mike Lemon

Casting

Keelyn Bradley

Casting

Cate Wilson

Co-producer

Michael Light

Executive producer

Missy Moyer

Location manager

Tim Downs

Location manager

Alexandra Juhasz

Producer

Barry Swimar

Producer

Duana C. Butler

Production coordinator

Sound

Dave Rainey

Boom operator

Gail Lloyd

Boom operator

Paul Shapiro

Original music composer

Jack A. Mehlbaum

Sound recordist

Writing

Cheryl Dunye

Cheryl Dunye

Writer

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