• Film ID:
  • 13617
  • Availability:
  • DVD Available from Shop
  • Film cert:
  • Running time:
  • DVD=85 min.
  • Nationality(ies):
  • America.
  • Primary Language(s):
  • English.
WATERMELON WOMAN (1996)
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This a mockumentary about a young filmmaker's search for information about the Watermelon Woman, an undocumented 1930s black film actress forever cast as a 'black mammy'. Set in Pennsylvania, the tale follows director/video store clerk Cheryl through arguments with her co-producer, make out sessions with her new flame, as well as run-ins with staff at the Center for Lesbian Information and Technology (CLIT). A moving film about race and sexuality that gives a large nod to the lesbian filmmakers who were breaking out in the 1990s, including Dunye's co-star Guin Turner.
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