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The Watermelon Woman

Opens on February 18

 

Director: Cheryl Dunye Run Time: 85 min. Release Year: 1996

Starring: Cheryl Clarke, Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner, Lisa Marie Bronson, Valarie Walker

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

Sometimes you have to create your own history.

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