The Watermelon Woman (1997)

Drama
Comedy
Romance

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

Cast

CLIT Archivist
Karaoke Singer
Librarian
Street Musician
Photographer
Bride's Mother
Groom's Mother
Little White Girl
Little White Boy
Little Black Girl 1
Little Black Girl 2
Little Black Girl 3
Relative in Yamulke
"Plantation Memories" Mistress / Cassandra Brooke (photo)
Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards
"Souls of Deceit" Mulatto
Karaoke Cute Girl / Woman in Audience (photo)
Black Banker on the Street
Black School Teacher on the Street
Sorry Rosie 1
Sorry Rosie 2
Leather Girl on the Street
Bus Stop Girl 1
June Walker
Bus Stop Girl 2
Street Queen in Library Line / Fred DeShields (photo)
Grungy White Boy
White Woman at Produce Truck
Diana's Black Date
White Girl Student 1
White Girl Student 2
White Boy Student
Annie's Girlfriend
Mrs. Page-Fletcher
Newsreel Narrator (voice)
Police Officer
Police Officer
June's Next Door Neighbor
J. Liberty Wells
Lee Edwards
Butch at Party
White Bar Dyke
Eleanor Van Clyde
Claude Thornton
Ray Blake / NAACP
Sandra Vincent
Card Playing Dyke
Hambone Jones
Rent Party and White Bar Dyke
Shirley Hamilton
Femme at Party
Bobbi / Willa Clarke
Reba Richards / Banana Skirt
Margaret Fitzgerald
White Actress
White Bar Dyke

Crew

Original Music Composer
Co-Producer
Director of Photography
Production Design
Costume Design
Set Decoration
Costume Design
Sound Editor
Sound Recordist
Executive Producer
Co-Executive Producer
Co-Executive Producer
Associate Producer
Music Supervisor
Production Manager
Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Second Second Assistant Director
Location Manager
Location Manager
Script Supervisor
Production Coordinator
Assistant Camera
Second Assistant Camera
Best Boy Grip
Post Production Supervisor
Additional Editor
Additional Editor
Associate Editor
Music Coordinator
Music Coordinator
Boom Operator
Wardrobe Assistant
Casting Director
Boom Operator
Extras Casting
Production Office Coordinator
Craft Service