- HD 1080
- Runtime: 85m.
- Status: Released
0
- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Cheryl Dunye
- Stars: Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner, Valarie Walker, Lisa Marie Bronson, Cheryl Clarke
- keywords: lgbt, woman director, black lgbt, philosophical, adoring, celebratory, vibrant
- Production_studio: Dancing Girl
- Slogan: Sometimes you have to create your own history.
- providers: Criterion Channel
- The The Watermelon Woman is featured in the top rankings of 1997
- #24 in Top Comedy Movies of 1997
- #15 in Top Romance Movies of 1997
- #60 in Top Drama Movies of 1997
A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.