USA,
1996, 90 min
Directed by:
Cheryl DunyeScreenplay:
Cheryl DunyeCinematography:
Michelle CrenshawComposer:
Paul ShapiroCast:
Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner, Valarie Walker, Lisa Marie Bronson, Cheryl Clarke, Christopher Mann, Luciana Moreira, V.S. BrodieVOD (3)
Plots(1)
Cheryl is a twenty-something black lesbian working as a clerk in a video store while struggling to make a documentary about Fae Richards, an obscure black actress from the 1930's. Cheryl is surprised to discover that Richards (known popularly as "the Watermelon Woman") had a white lesbian lover. At the same time, Cheryl falls in love with a very cute white customer at the video store (Guinevere Turner). (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Gallery (1)
USA
![The Watermelon Woman - Posters](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w663/files/images/film/posters/167/662/167662821_he0686.jpg)