“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
American Beauty
Cargo
Riders
Four Rooms
Kati: A Freestyle That Stays
Beach Rats
I Can't Think Straight
The World Unseen
A Perfect Ending
When Night Is Falling
Camp Belvidere
Fitting In
The Strange Ones
The Power of the Dog
Sequin in a Blue Room
My Life Without Me
Am I OK?
Elena Undone
Kitty Foyle
Bedrooms and Hallways