The Watermelon Woman

Name: The Watermelon Woman
Released: 1997-03-05

1997· 1h 25m· Comedy· Drama· Romance

“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.

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Key Crew

Director of PhotographyMichelle Crenshaw

Original Music ComposerPaul Shapiro

Full cast & crew (30 cast · 50 crew)

Released1997-03-05

Runtime1h 25m

StatusReleased

StudiosDancing Girl

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

Rating6.9/10 · 116 votes

Original languageen

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