Genre:DramaComedyRomance
Released:1997-03-05
Runtime:85
A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
Cheryl Dunye
Character: Cheryl
Guinevere Turner
Character: Diana
Valarie Walker
Character: Tamara
Lisa Marie Bronson
Character: Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards
Cheryl Clarke
Character: June Walker
Irene Dunye
Character: Self
Brian Freeman
Character: Lee Edwards
Ira Jeffries
Character: Shirley Hamilton
Alexandra Juhasz
Character: Martha Page
Camille Paglia
Sarah Schulman
Character: CLIT Archivist
V.S. Brodie
Character: Karaoke Singer
Shelley Olivier
Character: Annie Heath
David Rakoff
Character: Librarian
Toshi Reagon
Character: Street Musician
Christopher Ridenhour
Character: Bob
Kat Robertson
Character: Yvette
Jocelyn Taylor
Character: Stacey
Bill Wayterra
Character: Photographer
Elaine Freeman
Character: Bride's Mother
Erin Cramer
Character: Bride
Wellington Love
Character: Groom
Toni Nash
Character: Groom's Mother
Zoe Goldberg
Character: Little White Girl
Calder Goldberg
Character: Little White Boy
Shanell Johnson
Character: Little Black Girl 1
Olivia Bokelman
Character: Little Black Girl 2
Madelyn Bokelman
Character: Little Black Girl 3
Barry Swimar
Character: Relative in Yamulke
Sara Vogt
Character: "Plantation Memories" Mistress / Cassandra Brooke (photo)
Ana Margaret Sanchez
Character: "Souls of Deceit" Mulatto
Eve Oishi
Character: Karaoke Cute Girl / Woman in Audience (photo)
Joy Malinowski
Character: Emcee
Anthony Christopher
Character: Black Banker on the Street
Suzi Nash
Character: Black School Teacher on the Street
Earl Pittman
Character: Sorry Rosie 1
Jonathan Ellis
Character: Sorry Rosie 2
T. LaMonte McKinnon
Character: Sorry Rosie 3
S. Elizabeth Evans
Character: Leather Girl on the Street
Amadee Braxton
Character: Bus Stop Girl 1
Denise Sneed
Character: Bus Stop Girl 2
Robert Reid-Pharr
Character: Street Queen in Library Line / Fred DeShields (photo)
David Hanson
Character: Grungy White Boy
Rita Porter
Character: White Woman at Produce Truck
Brian Baisemore
Character: Produce Man
Gail Lloyd
Character: Diana's Black Date
Tatum Kendall
Character: White Girl Student 1
Tania Galloni
Character: White Girl Student 2
Jake Carlo
Character: White Boy Student
Zanobia Webb
Character: Poet
Nana Korantemaa
Character: Drummer
Nana Akousa Agyiriwah
Character: Percussionist
Virginia Manning
Character: Annie's Girlfriend
Patricia Ellis
Character: Mrs. Page-Fletcher
Lillie Hayes
Character: Her Maid
James Charles Roberts
Character: Newsreel Narrator (voice)
Robert Sciasci
Character: Police Officer
A. Ron Marigna
Donnita Hamilton
Character: June's Next Door Neighbor
K. Brent Hill
Character: J. Liberty Wells
Jody Benjamin
Character: Josie
Claudine Benoit
Character: Butch at Party
Zoe Bissel
Character: White Bar Dyke
Anna Blume
Character: Eleanor Van Clyde
Mark Breitenberg
Character: Claude Thornton
Kenrick Cato
Character: Ray Blake / NAACP
Kristina Deutsch
Character: Sandra Vincent
Charlene Gilbert
Character: Card Playing Dyke
Reggie Griffin
Character: Hambone Jones
Valerie Manenti
Character: Rent Party and White Bar Dyke
Lilly Marnell
Character: Femme at Party
Fawn McGee
Character: Bobbi / Willa Clarke
Darrell Moore
Character: NAACP
Luciana Moreira
Character: Set Stylist
L.M. Doria Roberts
Character: Reba Richards / Banana Skirt
Linda Salerno
Character: Margaret Fitzgerald
Carolyn Shapiro
Character: White Actress
Julia Zay