The Watermelon Woman

1997 "Sometimes you have to create your own history."
7.1| 1h25m| en
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A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.

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Dancing Girl

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Also starring Cheryl Dunye

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Borserie it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.
Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.
BeSummers Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.
PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.