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To the Poconos

The Watermelon Woman

The problem is I don't know what I want to make a film on. I know it has to be about black...

The Watermelon Woman • 1996

Cheryl:

The problem is I don't know what I want to make a film on. I know it has to be about black women; because, our stories have never been told. So, I've been renting movies for - no, I haven't been "renting" movies - but, I get movies from the video store that I work at. And I've taken all these films out from the 30s and 40s with black actresses in them. Like, Hattie McDaniel and Louise Beavers. And in these films, in some of the films, the black actresses aren't even listed in the credits. I know, I was just totally shocked by that

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to the Poconos

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Can you work for me

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I don't know but you know I went to visit

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I went to visit Fae's lover right

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Yeah but did you hear the part about Stacey and me

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Tamara you're not listening to me

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I went to visit Fae's lover

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Kool and the Gang Cheryl I heard you

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Anyway her name is June and she was in the hospital

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and I went there and it was just fucked up

Duration

28 seconds

Views

376

Timestamp in Movie

01:10:11

Uploaded

Nov 23, 2022

Genres

comedy, drama, romance

Production

N/A

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Movie Summary

A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.

Actors

Cheryl