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The Watermelon Woman

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Calorie Rating: 126
Released: 1997-03-05
Running Time: 90 Minutes
Studios: Dancing Girl,


A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.

Director / Directors

Sonya Klimuk
Script Supervisor
Renae Dinnerman
Assistant Director

Ted Shields
Second Assistant Director
Michael LaCorte
Second Second Assistant Director
Elenie Mansalis
Second Assistant Director



Cast

Cheryl Dunye
Character: Cheryl
Guinevere Turner
Character: Diana
Valarie Walker
Character: Tamara

Lisa Marie Bronson
Character: Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards
Cheryl Clarke
Character: June Walker
Irene Dunye
Character: Self

Brian Freeman
Character: Lee Edwards
Ira Jeffries
Character: Shirley Hamilton
Alexandra Juhasz
Character: Martha Page

Camille Paglia
Character: Self
Sarah Schulman
Character: CLIT Archivist
V.S. Brodie
Character: Karaoke Singer

Shelley Olivier
Character: Annie Heath
David Rakoff
Character: Librarian
Toshi Reagon
Character: Street Musician

Christopher Ridenhour
Character: Bob
Kat Robertson
Character: Yvette
Jocelyn Taylor
Character: Stacey

Bill Wayterra
Character: Photographer
Elaine Freeman
Character: Bride's Mother
Erin Cramer
Character: Bride

Wellington Love
Character: Groom
Toni Nash
Character: Groom's Mother
Zoe Goldberg
Character: Little White Girl

Calder Goldberg
Character: Little White Boy
Shanell Johnson
Character: Little Black Girl 1
Olivia Bokelman
Character: Little Black Girl 2

Madelyn Bokelman
Character: Little Black Girl 3
Barry Swimar
Character: Relative in Yamulke
Sara Vogt
Character: "Plantation Memories" Mistress / Cassandra Brooke (photo)

Ana Margaret Sanchez
Character: "Souls of Deceit" Mulatto
Eve Oishi
Character: Karaoke Cute Girl / Woman in Audience (photo)
Joy Malinowski
Character: Emcee

Anthony Christopher
Character: Black Banker on the Street
Suzi Nash
Character: Black School Teacher on the Street
Earl Pittman
Character: Sorry Rosie 1

Jonathan Ellis
Character: Sorry Rosie 2
T. LaMonte McKinnon
Character: Sorry Rosie 3
S. Elizabeth Evans
Character: Leather Girl on the Street

Amadee Braxton
Character: Bus Stop Girl 1
Denise Sneed
Character: Bus Stop Girl 2
Robert Reid-Pharr
Character: Street Queen in Library Line / Fred DeShields (photo)

David Hanson
Character: Grungy White Boy
Rita Porter
Character: White Woman at Produce Truck
Brian Baisemore
Character: Produce Man

Gail Lloyd
Character: Diana's Black Date
Tatum Kendall
Character: White Girl Student 1
Tania Galloni
Character: White Girl Student 2

Jake Carlo
Character: White Boy Student
Zanobia Webb
Character: Poet
Nana Korantemaa
Character: Drummer

Nana Akousa Agyiriwah
Character: Percussionist
Virginia Manning
Character: Annie's Girlfriend
Patricia Ellis
Character: Mrs. Page-Fletcher

Lillie Hayes
Character: Her Maid
James Charles Roberts
Character: Newsreel Narrator (voice)
Robert Sciasci
Character: Police Officer

A. Ron Marigna
Character: Police Officer
Donnita Hamilton
Character: June's Next Door Neighbor
K. Brent Hill
Character: J. Liberty Wells

Jody Benjamin
Character: Josie
Claudine Benoit
Character: Butch at Party
Zoe Bissel
Character: White Bar Dyke

Anna Blume
Character: Eleanor Van Clyde
Mark Breitenberg
Character: Claude Thornton
Kenrick Cato
Character: Ray Blake / NAACP

Kristina Deutsch
Character: Sandra Vincent
Charlene Gilbert
Character: Card Playing Dyke
Reggie Griffin
Character: Hambone Jones

Valerie Manenti
Character: Rent Party and White Bar Dyke
Lilly Marnell
Character: Femme at Party
Fawn McGee
Character: Bobbi / Willa Clarke

Darrell Moore
Character: NAACP
Luciana Moreira
Character: Set Stylist
L.M. Doria Roberts
Character: Reba Richards / Banana Skirt

Linda Salerno
Character: Margaret Fitzgerald
Carolyn Shapiro
Character: White Actress
Julia Zay
Character: White Bar Dyke


Production and Crew

Solomon Wise
Costume Design
Magali Taylor
Sound Editor

Robert Holtzman
Production Design
Jack A. Mehlbaum
Sound Recordist
Stacey Byers
Set Decoration

James R. Ford Jr.
Sound Editor
Luciana Moreira
Costume Design
Annie Taylor
Co-Executive Producer

Missy Moyer
Location Manager
Michael Light
Executive Producer

Stephen C. Rocamboli
Music Coordinator
Justiana Birzin
Craft Service
Christopher Leo Daniels
Second Assistant Camera

Sarah Vogt
Wardrobe Assistant
Kevin Boyle
Assistant Camera

Burke Moody
Post Production Supervisor
Burke Moody
Co-Executive Producer

Tim Downs
Location Manager
Duana C. Butler
Production Coordinator
Jeff Kahn
Best Boy Grip

Gail Lloyd
Boom Operator
Burke Moody
Additional Editor
Dave Rainey
Boom Operator

K. Brent Hill
Extras Casting
S. Madison Bédard
Music Coordinator
Pamela Turchin
Production Office Coordinator

Bill Coleman
Music Supervisor
Sharon Stein
Production Manager
Gail Lloyd
Casting Director

James R. Ford Jr.
Associate Editor
Joy Malinowski
Associate Producer

Magali Taylor
Additional Editor

Michelle Crenshaw
Director of Photography
Paul Shapiro
Original Music Composer

Cate Wilson
Co-Producer