The Watermelon Woman

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

Cast

Cheryl Dunye

as Cheryl

Guinevere Turner

as Diana

Valarie Walker

as Tamara

Lisa Marie Bronson

as Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards

Cheryl Clarke

as June Walker

Irene Dunye

as Self

Brian Freeman

as Lee Edwards

Ira Jeffries

as Shirley Hamilton

Alexandra Juhasz

as Martha Page

Camille Paglia

as Self

Sarah Schulman

as CLIT Archivist

V.S. Brodie

as Karaoke Singer

Shelley Olivier

as Annie Heath

David Rakoff

as Librarian

Toshi Reagon

as Street Musician

Christopher Ridenhour

as Bob

Kat Robertson

as Yvette

Jocelyn Taylor

as Stacey

Bill Wayterra

as Photographer

Elaine Freeman

as Bride's Mother

Erin Cramer

as Bride

Wellington Love

as Groom

Toni Nash

as Groom's Mother

Zoe Goldberg

as Little White Girl

Calder Goldberg

as Little White Boy

Shanell Johnson

as Little Black Girl 1

Olivia Bokelman

as Little Black Girl 2

Madelyn Bokelman

as Little Black Girl 3

Barry Swimar

as Relative in Yamulke

Sara Vogt

as "Plantation Memories" Mistress / Cassandra Brooke (photo)

Ana Margaret Sanchez

as "Souls of Deceit" Mulatto

Eve Oishi

as Karaoke Cute Girl / Woman in Audience (photo)

Joy Malinowski

as Emcee

Anthony Christopher

as Black Banker on the Street

Suzi Nash

as Black School Teacher on the Street

Earl Pittman

as Sorry Rosie 1

Jonathan Ellis

as Sorry Rosie 2

T. LaMonte McKinnon

as Sorry Rosie 3

S. Elizabeth Evans

as Leather Girl on the Street

Amadee Braxton

as Bus Stop Girl 1

Denise Sneed

as Bus Stop Girl 2

Robert Reid-Pharr

as Street Queen in Library Line / Fred DeShields (photo)

David Hanson

as Grungy White Boy

Rita Porter

as White Woman at Produce Truck

Brian Baisemore

as Produce Man

Gail Lloyd

as Diana's Black Date

Tatum Kendall

as White Girl Student 1

Tania Galloni

as White Girl Student 2

Jake Carlo

as White Boy Student

Zanobia Webb

as Poet

Nana Korantemaa

as Drummer

Nana Akousa Agyiriwah

as Percussionist

Virginia Manning

as Annie's Girlfriend

Patricia Ellis

as Mrs. Page-Fletcher

Lillie Hayes

as Her Maid

James Charles Roberts

as Newsreel Narrator (voice)

Robert Sciasci

as Police Officer

A. Ron Marigna

as Police Officer

Donnita Hamilton

as June's Next Door Neighbor

K. Brent Hill

as J. Liberty Wells

Jody Benjamin

as Josie

Claudine Benoit

as Butch at Party

Zoe Bissel

as White Bar Dyke

Anna Blume

as Eleanor Van Clyde

Mark Breitenberg

as Claude Thornton

Kenrick Cato

as Ray Blake / NAACP

Kristina Deutsch

as Sandra Vincent

Charlene Gilbert

as Card Playing Dyke

Reggie Griffin

as Hambone Jones

Valerie Manenti

as Rent Party and White Bar Dyke

Lilly Marnell

as Femme at Party

Fawn McGee

as Bobbi / Willa Clarke

Darrell Moore

as NAACP

Luciana Moreira

as Set Stylist

L.M. Doria Roberts

as Reba Richards / Banana Skirt

Linda Salerno

as Margaret Fitzgerald

Carolyn Shapiro

as White Actress

Julia Zay

as White Bar Dyke

Crew

Cheryl Dunye

Director

Mike Lemon

Casting

Solomon Wise

Costume Design

Magali Taylor

Sound Editor

Robert Holtzman

Production Design

Jack A. Mehlbaum

Sound Recordist

Stacey Byers

Set Decoration

James R. Ford Jr.

Sound Editor

Luciana Moreira

Costume Design

Annie Taylor

Co-Executive Producer

Missy Moyer

Location Manager

Michael Light

Executive Producer

Annie Taylor

Editor

Stephen C. Rocamboli

Music Coordinator

Justiana Birzin

Craft Service

Christopher Leo Daniels

Second Assistant Camera

Sarah Vogt

Wardrobe Assistant

Kevin Boyle

Assistant Camera

Andrew Reed Conner

Gaffer

Burke Moody

Post Production Supervisor

Keelyn Bradley

Casting

Burke Moody

Co-Executive Producer

Tim Downs

Location Manager

Sonya Klimuk

Script Supervisor

Duana C. Butler

Production Coordinator

Jeff Kahn

Best Boy Grip

Gail Lloyd

Boom Operator

Burke Moody

Additional Editor

Dave Rainey

Boom Operator

K. Brent Hill

Extras Casting

S. Madison Bédard

Music Coordinator

Pamela Turchin

Production Office Coordinator

Renae Dinnerman

Assistant Director

Bill Coleman

Music Supervisor

Sharon Stein

Production Manager

Ted Shields

Second Assistant Director

Michael LaCorte

Second Second Assistant Director

Gail Lloyd

Casting Director

Sharon Levin Cohen

Casting

James R. Ford Jr.

Associate Editor

Joy Malinowski

Associate Producer

Elenie Mansalis

Second Assistant Director

Magali Taylor

Additional Editor

Cheryl Dunye

Writer

Alexandra Juhasz

Producer

Michelle Crenshaw

Director of Photography

Paul Shapiro

Original Music Composer

Barry Swimar

Producer

Cate Wilson

Co-Producer

Cheryl Dunye

Editor

Christine Vachon

Thanks