The Watermelon Woman

Name: The Watermelon Woman
Director: a black lesbian as well as an incisive, humorous critique of classic Hollywood’s racist stereotypes. Dunye plays an eponymous video store employee and burgeoning filmmaker who sets out to make a documentary on the Watermelon Woman (Lisa Marie Bronson), an actress who specialized in “mammy” roles for Hollywood productions of the 30s and 40s.
Rating: 7.1

IMDb7.1/10

🍅92%

dir. a black lesbian as well as an incisive, humorous critique of classic Hollywood’s racist stereotypes. Dunye plays an eponymous video store employee and burgeoning filmmaker who sets out to make a documentary on the Watermelon Woman (Lisa Marie Bronson), an actress who specialized in “mammy” roles for Hollywood productions of the 30s and 40s.

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Directora black lesbian as well as an incisive, humorous critique of classic Hollywood’s racist stereotypes. Dunye plays an eponymous video store employee and burgeoning filmmaker who sets out to make a documentary on the Watermelon Woman (Lisa Marie Bronson), an actress who specialized in “mammy” roles for Hollywood productions of the 30s and 40s.

Runtime30m

Year1996

IMDb7.1/103,976 votes

Rotten Tomatoes🍅 92%

Screenings1 total

Fri 19 Jun6:10 PM

CinemaThe Rio Theatre

Address1660 Broadway E, Vancouver, BC V5N 1V9

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