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Sometimes you have to create your own history.
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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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Directed by: Cheryl Dunye, Elenie Mansalis, Ted Shields
Written by: Cheryl Dunye
Produced by: Joy Malinowski, Burke Moody, Michael Light
Composed by: Paul Shapiro
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