The Watermelon Woman
1997·Movie
·1h 25min·
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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.
Queer CinemaHistorical ExplorationRacial Stereotypes CritiqueDocu-DramaIdentity & RepresentationFilmmaking Meta-NarrativeEmpathetic & InsightfulAfrican American HistoryInvestigative Story
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Directed by:
Cheryl Dunye, Michael LaCorte, Elenie Mansalis
Written by:
Cheryl Dunye
Produced by:
Mike Lemon, Sharon Levin Cohen, Alexandra Juhasz
Composed by:
Bill Coleman, S. Madison Bédard, Stephen C. Rocamboli
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