The Watermelon Woman
1997 · 1h 25m · Comedy, Drama, Romance · United States of America · Rated 12 (NL)
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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