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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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
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