Watermelon Woman (The)

  • Watermelon Woman (The)
© Festival "In the Dark Room" 2011
Genre : Biography
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 1996
Format : Feature
Running time : 90 (in minutes)

Cheryl is consumed by a film project: to make a video about a Black actress who was known as the Watermelon Woman and might have had a long affair with Martha Page, a White woman and one of Hollywood's few female directors. Along the way, Cheryl becomes involved with Diana, who's also White, leading to more discoveries and new realizations.

by Cheryl Dunye, 1996, 90 min, B/W
with Cheryl Dunye et Guinevere Turner

Partenaires

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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