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First Run Features | Release Date: March 5, 1997
Summary: Cheryl (Cheryl Dunye) 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. [First Run Features]
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Runtime: 90 min
Rating: Not Rated
Official Site: http://firstrunfeatures.com/watermelonwomandvd.html
Production: Dancing Girl
Genres: Drama
Country: USA
Language: English
Director Credit
Cheryl Dunye Director
Writer Credit
Cheryl Dunye Writer
Cast Credit
Brian Freeman Lee Edwards
Camille Paglia Herself
Cheryl Clarke June Walker
Cheryl Dunye Cheryl
Emmy Collins Video Browser
Guinevere Turner Diana
Irene Dunye Herself
K. Brent Hill J.J. Liberty
Lisa Marie Bronson Fae 'The Watermelon Woman' Richards
Mickey Goldhaber Featured
Sarah Schulman CLIT Archivist
Shelley Olivier Annie Heath
Toshi Reagon Street Magician
V.S. Brodie Karaoke Singer
Valarie Walker Tamara
Producer Credit
Alexandra Juhasz Producer
Barry Swimar Producer
Cate Wilson Co-Producer