The Watermelon Woman

6.9

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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Lisa Marie Bronson

Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards

Cheryl Clarke

June Walker

Brian Freeman

Lee Edwards

Ira Jeffries

Shirley Hamilton

Alexandra Juhasz

Martha Page

Sarah Schulman

CLIT Archivist

V.S. Brodie

Karaoke Singer

Shelley Olivier

Annie Heath

David Rakoff

Librarian

Toshi Reagon

Street Musician

Bill Wayterra

Photographer

Elaine Freeman

Bride's Mother

Toni Nash

Groom's Mother

Zoe Goldberg

Little White Girl

Calder Goldberg

Little White Boy

Shanell Johnson

Little Black Girl 1

Olivia Bokelman

Little Black Girl 2

Madelyn Bokelman

Little Black Girl 3

Barry Swimar

Relative in Yamulke

Sara Vogt

"Plantation Memories" Mistress / Cassandra Brooke (photo)

Ana Margaret Sanchez

"Souls of Deceit" Mulatto

Eve Oishi

Karaoke Cute Girl / Woman in Audience (photo)

Anthony Christopher

Black Banker on the Street

Suzi Nash

Black School Teacher on the Street

Earl Pittman

Sorry Rosie 1

Jonathan Ellis

Sorry Rosie 2

T. LaMonte McKinnon

Sorry Rosie 3

S. Elizabeth Evans

Leather Girl on the Street

Amadee Braxton

Bus Stop Girl 1

Denise Sneed

Bus Stop Girl 2

Robert Reid-Pharr

Street Queen in Library Line / Fred DeShields (photo)

David Hanson

Grungy White Boy

Rita Porter

White Woman at Produce Truck

Brian Baisemore

Produce Man

Gail Lloyd

Diana's Black Date

Tatum Kendall

White Girl Student 1

Tania Galloni

White Girl Student 2

Jake Carlo

White Boy Student

Nana Akousa Agyiriwah

Percussionist

Virginia Manning

Annie's Girlfriend

Patricia Ellis

Mrs. Page-Fletcher

Lillie Hayes

Her Maid

James Charles Roberts

Newsreel Narrator (voice)

Robert Sciasci

Police Officer

A. Ron Marigna

Police Officer

Donnita Hamilton

June's Next Door Neighbor

K. Brent Hill

J. Liberty Wells

Claudine Benoit

Butch at Party

Zoe Bissel

White Bar Dyke

Anna Blume

Eleanor Van Clyde

Mark Breitenberg

Claude Thornton

Kenrick Cato

Ray Blake / NAACP

Kristina Deutsch

Sandra Vincent

Charlene Gilbert

Card Playing Dyke

Reggie Griffin

Hambone Jones

Valerie Manenti

Rent Party and White Bar Dyke

Lilly Marnell

Femme at Party

Fawn McGee

Bobbi / Willa Clarke

Luciana Moreira

Set Stylist

L.M. Doria Roberts

Reba Richards / Banana Skirt

Linda Salerno

Margaret Fitzgerald

Carolyn Shapiro

White Actress

Julia Zay

White Bar Dyke

Art

Robert Holtzman

Production Design

Stacey Byers

Set Decoration

Camera

Christopher Leo Daniels

Second Assistant Camera

Kevin Boyle

Assistant Camera

Jeff Kahn

Best Boy Grip

Michelle Crenshaw

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Solomon Wise

Costume Design

Luciana Moreira

Costume Design

Sarah Vogt

Wardrobe Assistant

Crew

Justiana Birzin

Craft Service

Burke Moody

Post Production Supervisor

Directing

Cheryl Dunye

Director

Sonya Klimuk

Script Supervisor

Renae Dinnerman

Assistant Director

Ted Shields

Second Assistant Director

Michael LaCorte

Second Second Assistant Director

Elenie Mansalis

Second Assistant Director

Editing

Burke Moody

Additional Editor

James R. Ford Jr.

Associate Editor

Magali Taylor

Additional Editor

Lighting

Production

Mike Lemon

Casting

Annie Taylor

Co-Executive Producer

Missy Moyer

Location Manager

Michael Light

Executive Producer

Burke Moody

Co-Executive Producer

Tim Downs

Location Manager

Duana C. Butler

Production Coordinator

K. Brent Hill

Extras Casting

Pamela Turchin

Production Office Coordinator

Sharon Stein

Production Manager

Gail Lloyd

Casting Director

Joy Malinowski

Associate Producer

Barry Swimar

Producer

Cate Wilson

Co-Producer

Sound

Magali Taylor

Sound Editor

Jack A. Mehlbaum

Sound Recordist

James R. Ford Jr.

Sound Editor

Stephen C. Rocamboli

Music Coordinator

Gail Lloyd

Boom Operator

Dave Rainey

Boom Operator

S. Madison Bédard

Music Coordinator

Bill Coleman

Music Supervisor

Paul Shapiro

Original Music Composer

Writing