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.
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Cheryl Dunye
Cheryl
Guinevere Turner
Diana
Valarie Walker
Tamara
Lisa Marie Bronson
Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards
Cheryl Clarke
June Walker
Irene Dunye
Self
Brian Freeman
Lee Edwards
Ira Jeffries
Shirley Hamilton
Alexandra Juhasz
Martha Page
Camille Paglia
Self
Sarah Schulman
CLIT Archivist
V.S. Brodie
Karaoke Singer
Shelley Olivier
Annie Heath
David Rakoff
Librarian
Toshi Reagon
Street Musician
Cheryl Dunye
Director
Cheryl Dunye
Writer
Michael Light
Executive Producer
Alexandra Juhasz
Producer
Barry Swimar
Producer
Michelle Crenshaw
Director of Photography
Paul Shapiro
Original Music Composer
Cheryl Dunye
Editor
Annie Taylor
Editor
Solomon Wise
Costume Design
Luciana Moreira
Costume Design
Robert Holtzman
Production Design
