The Watermelon Woman

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.

Drama Comedy Romance

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)

Christopher Ridenhour

(Bob)

Kat Robertson

(Yvette)

Jocelyn Taylor

(Stacey)

Bill Wayterra

(Photographer)

Elaine Freeman

(Bride's Mother)

Erin Cramer

(Bride)

Wellington Love

(Groom)

Toni Nash

(Groom's Mother)

Zoe Goldberg

(Little White Girl)

Calder Goldberg

(Little White Boy)

Shanell Johnson

(Little Black Girl 1)

Olivia Bokelman

(Little Black Girl 2)

Madelyn Bokelman

(Little Black Girl 3)

Barry Swimar

(Relative in Yamulke)

Sara Vogt

("Plantation Memories" Mistress / Cassandra Brooke (photo))

Ana Margaret Sanchez

("Souls of Deceit" Mulatto)

Eve Oishi

(Karaoke Cute Girl / Woman in Audience (photo))

Joy Malinowski

(Emcee)

Anthony Christopher

(Black Banker on the Street)

Suzi Nash

(Black School Teacher on the Street)

Earl Pittman

(Sorry Rosie 1)

Jonathan Ellis

(Sorry Rosie 2)

T. LaMonte McKinnon

(Sorry Rosie 3)

S. Elizabeth Evans

(Leather Girl on the Street)

Amadee Braxton

(Bus Stop Girl 1)

Denise Sneed

(Bus Stop Girl 2)

Robert Reid-Pharr

(Street Queen in Library Line / Fred DeShields (photo))

David Hanson

(Grungy White Boy)

Rita Porter

(White Woman at Produce Truck)

Brian Baisemore

(Produce Man)

Gail Lloyd

(Diana's Black Date)

Tatum Kendall

(White Girl Student 1)

Tania Galloni

(White Girl Student 2)

Jake Carlo

(White Boy Student)

Zanobia Webb

(Poet)

Nana Korantemaa

(Drummer)

Nana Akousa Agyiriwah

(Percussionist)

Virginia Manning

(Annie's Girlfriend)

Patricia Ellis

(Mrs. Page-Fletcher)

Lillie Hayes

(Her Maid)

James Charles Roberts

(Newsreel Narrator (voice))

Robert Sciasci

(Police Officer)

A. Ron Marigna

(Police Officer)

Donnita Hamilton

(June's Next Door Neighbor)

K. Brent Hill

(J. Liberty Wells)

Jody Benjamin

(Josie)

Claudine Benoit

(Butch at Party)

Zoe Bissel

(White Bar Dyke)

Anna Blume

(Eleanor Van Clyde)

Mark Breitenberg

(Claude Thornton)

Kenrick Cato

(Ray Blake / NAACP)

Kristina Deutsch

(Sandra Vincent)

Charlene Gilbert

(Card Playing Dyke)

Reggie Griffin

(Hambone Jones)

Valerie Manenti

(Rent Party and White Bar Dyke)

Lilly Marnell

(Femme at Party)

Fawn McGee

(Bobbi / Willa Clarke)

Darrell Moore

(NAACP)

Luciana Moreira

(Set Stylist)

L.M. Doria Roberts

(Reba Richards / Banana Skirt)

Linda Salerno

(Margaret Fitzgerald)

Carolyn Shapiro

(White Actress)

Julia Zay

(White Bar Dyke)