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The Watermelon Woman

The Watermelon Woman (1997)

1997-03-05 · 85 min · Rating 6.80/10 (112 votes)

Sometimes you have to create your own history.

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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