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The Watermelon Woman

1h 25m โ€ข Black Pride, Lesbian, Drama, Comedy, Classics โ€ข 1996

THE WATERMELON WOMAN was the name given to the mythical Fae Richards, a beautiful yet elusive black Actress from the 1930โ€™s. In all her films, it was her only billing, why should that be? It is a mystery that perplexes Cheryl (Cheryl Dunye), a young black film maker. She sets out to solve the mystery by making a documentary about this forgotten star. THE WATERMELON WOMAN garnered great critical and audience acclaim, and contains the most notorious lesbian sex scene of its time, (which even saw the film being discussed in Congress). The film is a fiction, using spoof archive footage, but Cheryl Dunye says, โ€œSometimes you have to create your own history.โ€

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Cast

Cheryl Dunye (Cheryl) , Guinevere Turner (Diana) , Valarie Walker (Tamara) , Lisa Marie Bronson (Fae 'The Watermelon Woman' Richards)

Director

Cheryl Dunye

Language

English

Country

United States

Studio

Peccadillo Pictures

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