Sometimes you have to create your own history.
A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
Cheryl Dunye
Cheryl
Guinevere Turner
Diana
Valarie Walker
Tamara
Lisa Marie Bronson
Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards
Cheryl Clarke
June Walker
Irene Dunye
Self
Brian Freeman
Lee Edwards
Ira Jeffries
Shirley Hamilton
Alexandra Juhasz
Martha Page
Camille Paglia
Sarah Schulman
CLIT Archivist
V.S. Brodie
Karaoke Singer
I Can't Think Straight
A Perfect Ending
The World Unseen
Camp Belvidere
When Night Is Falling
Better Than Chocolate
Elena Undone
Am I OK?
Appropriate Behavior
Bedrooms and Hallways
All Over Me
Fitting In
Benjamin
Walking and Talking
Bessie
Pariah
The World to Come
Vita & Virginia
Bloomington
If These Walls Could Talk 2