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The Watermelon Woman (1997)

  
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An offbeat comedy-drama from lesbian African-American filmmaker Cheryl Dunye in which she plays, of all things, a lesbian African-American video store clerk and aspiring filmmaker who becomes obsessed with learning the life story of a little-known black actress from the '30s who was known as "the Watermelon Woman" and was part of Hollywood's underground lesbian subculture. Guinevere Turner, Valarie Walker also star. 85 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; interview.
 
SKU: D17385
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Category:
Drama
Director:
Cheryl Dunye
Rated:
NR
Color:
Color
Format: 
Fullscreen
Closed Captioned:
 No
Cast:  Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner, Valerie Walker, Lisa Marie Bronson, Edith Dunye, Brian Freeman, Ira Jeffries, Camille Paglia, Sarah Schulman, V S Brodie, Shelly Olivier, Patricia Ellis, Carlos Alvarez, Amy Brown, Jason Winston George, Michael Harris, James Johnson, David Long, Alan Samulski, Danielle Taylor, Lois Wilson
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