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

Cast:
Cheryl: Cheryl Dunye
Diana: Guinevere Turner
Tamara: Valarie Walker
Fae 'The Watermelon Woman' Richards: Lisa Marie Bronson
June Walker: Cheryl Clarke
Irene Dunye: Irene Dunye
Lee Edwards: Brian Freeman
Shirley Hamilton: Ira Jeffries
Martha Page: Alexandra Juhasz
Camille Page: 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 L 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: Sara Vogt
'Souls of Deceit' Mulatto: Ana Margaret Sanchez
Karaoke Cute Girl: 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: 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: James Charles Roberts
Police Officer: A. Ron Marigna
June's Next Door Neighbor: Donnita Hamilton
More Additional Cast: Desire Woodson
Video Browser: Emmy Collins
J.J. Liberty: K. Brent Hill
Jody: Jody Benjamin
Butch at Party: Claudine Benoit
White Bar Dyke: Julia Zay
Eleanor Van Clyde: Anna Blume
Claude Thornton: Mark Breitenberg
Ray Blake: 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: Fawn McGee
NAACP: Darrell Moore
Set Stylist: Luciana Moreira
Reba Richards: L.M. Doria Roberts
Margaret Fitzgerald: Linda Salerno
White Actress: Carolyn Shapiro
Christopher Mann: Christopher Mann

Written by: Cheryl Dunye, Douglas McKeown

Director: Cheryl Dunye

Release date: 05 Mar 1997

Box Office: $1,989