“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.
Director
Writers
Cheryl Dunye, Douglas McKeown
Cheryl
Diana
Tamara
Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards
June Walker
Self
Lee Edwards
Shirley Hamilton
Martha Page
CLIT Archivist
Karaoke Singer