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.
Directed by: Cheryl Dunye
Written by: Cheryl Dunye
Music by: Paul Shapiro
Starring: Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner, Valarie Walker, Lisa Marie Bronson, Cheryl Clarke, Irene Dunye, Brian Freeman, Ira Jeffries, Alexandra Juhasz, Camille Paglia
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: 1997-03-05
Runtime: 85 minutes
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