---
title: 'The Watermelon Woman (1996)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Cheryl Dunye'
released: '1996-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-watermelon-woman-1996'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118125/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Watermelon Woman (1996)

1996 · 90 min · Drama, Comedy, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

The Watermelon Woman is a 1996 American romantic comedy-drama film written, directed, and edited by Cheryl Dunye. The first feature film directed by a Black lesbian, it stars Dunye as Cheryl, a young Black lesbian working a day job in a video store while trying to make a film about Fae Richards, a Black actress from the 1930s known for playing the stereotypical "mammy" roles to which Black actresses were relegated during the period.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Cheryl Dunye](https://cinepixo.com/people/cheryl-dunye)
- **Screenplay:** [Cheryl Dunye](https://cinepixo.com/people/cheryl-dunye)
- **Editor:** [Cheryl Dunye](https://cinepixo.com/people/cheryl-dunye)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Paul Shapiro](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-shapiro)
- **Producer:** [Alexandra Juhasz](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandra-juhasz)

## Cast

- [Guinevere Turner](https://cinepixo.com/people/guinevere-turner)
- [Camille Paglia](https://cinepixo.com/people/camille-paglia)
- [Sarah Schulman](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarah-schulman)
- [Cheryl Dunye](https://cinepixo.com/people/cheryl-dunye)
- [Brian Freeman](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-freeman)
- [Ira Jeffries](https://cinepixo.com/people/ira-jeffries)

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Official site: http://www.cheryldunye.com/pages/watermelon.html
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-watermelon-woman-1996
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