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22nd

Special Focus: I am Independent

The Watermelon Woman

Director_ Cheryl DUNYE

USA 1996 85min DCP Color feature Fiction

Review

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

CREDIT

ProducerBarry SWIMAR
Screenplay Alexanda JUHASZ
CinematographyCheryl DUNYE
Production DesignMichelle CRENSHAW

MusicRobert "Ratface" HOLTZMAN
EditorPaul SHAPIRO
SoundAnnie TAYLOR

CastJack A. MEHILBAUM

DIRECTOR

Cheryl DUNYE

Born in Liberia, Cheryl Dunye is a director and producer, known for The Watermelon Woman, Stranger Inside (2001), and TV series Lovecraft Country (2020).

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