The Watermelon Woman (1997)
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Una giovane regista lesbica di colore indaga sulla vita di The Watermelon Woman, un'attrice afroamericana degli anni '30 che interpretava archetipi di “mammy”.
Cast Principale
Cast Completo
| Attore | Ruolo |
|---|---|
| Ira Jeffries | Shirley Hamilton |
| Alexandra Juhasz | Martha Page |
| Camille Paglia | Self |
| Sarah Schulman | CLIT Archivist |
| V.S. Brodie | Karaoke Singer |
| Shelley Olivier | Annie Heath |
| David Rakoff | Librarian |
| Toshi Reagon | Street Musician |
| Christopher Ridenhour | Bob |
| Kat Robertson | Yvette |
| Jocelyn Taylor | Stacey |
| Bill Wayterra | Photographer |
| Elaine Freeman | Bride's Mother |
| Erin Cramer | Bride |
| Wellington Love | Groom |
| Toni Nash | Groom's Mother |
| Zoe Goldberg | Little White Girl |
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| Calder Goldberg | Little White Boy |
| Shanell Johnson | Little Black Girl 1 |
| Olivia Bokelman | Little Black Girl 2 |
| Madelyn Bokelman | Little Black Girl 3 |
| Barry Swimar | Relative in Yamulke |
| Sara Vogt | "Plantation Memories" Mistress / Cassandra Brooke (photo) |
| Ana Margaret Sanchez | "Souls of Deceit" Mulatto |
| Eve Oishi | Karaoke Cute Girl / Woman in Audience (photo) |
| Joy Malinowski | Emcee |
| Anthony Christopher | Black Banker on the Street |
| Suzi Nash | Black School Teacher on the Street |
| Earl Pittman | Sorry Rosie 1 |
| Jonathan Ellis | Sorry Rosie 2 |
| T. LaMonte McKinnon | Sorry Rosie 3 |
| S. Elizabeth Evans | Leather Girl on the Street |
| Amadee Braxton | Bus Stop Girl 1 |
| Denise Sneed | Bus Stop Girl 2 |
| Robert Reid-Pharr | Street Queen in Library Line / Fred DeShields (photo) |
| David Hanson | Grungy White Boy |
| Rita Porter | White Woman at Produce Truck |
| Brian Baisemore | Produce Man |
| Gail Lloyd | Diana's Black Date |
| Tatum Kendall | White Girl Student 1 |
| Tania Galloni | White Girl Student 2 |
| Jake Carlo | White Boy Student |
| Zanobia Webb | Poet |
| Nana Korantemaa | Drummer |
| Nana Akousa Agyiriwah | Percussionist |
| Virginia Manning | Annie's Girlfriend |
| Patricia Ellis | Mrs. Page-Fletcher |
| Lillie Hayes | Her Maid |
| James Charles Roberts | Newsreel Narrator (voice) |
| Robert Sciasci | Police Officer |
| A. Ron Marigna | Police Officer |
| Donnita Hamilton | June's Next Door Neighbor |
| K. Brent Hill | J. Liberty Wells |
| Jody Benjamin | Josie |
| Claudine Benoit | Butch at Party |
| Zoe Bissel | White Bar Dyke |
| Anna Blume | Eleanor Van Clyde |
| Mark Breitenberg | Claude Thornton |
| Kenrick Cato | Ray Blake / NAACP |
| Kristina Deutsch | Sandra Vincent |
| Charlene Gilbert | Card Playing Dyke |
| Reggie Griffin | Hambone Jones |
| Valerie Manenti | Rent Party and White Bar Dyke |
| Lilly Marnell | Femme at Party |
| Fawn McGee | Bobbi / Willa Clarke |
| Darrell Moore | NAACP |
| Luciana Moreira | Set Stylist |
| L.M. Doria Roberts | Reba Richards / Banana Skirt |
| Linda Salerno | Margaret Fitzgerald |
| Carolyn Shapiro | White Actress |
| Julia Zay | White Bar Dyke |
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Scheda tecnica
| Dettaglio | Valore |
|---|---|
| Titolo originale | The Watermelon Woman |
| Lingua originale | English (EN) |
| Lingue parlate | English |
| Paesi di produzione | United States of America |
| Stato | Released |
| Compagnie di produzione | Dancing Girl |
| Data di uscita | 5 marzo 1997 |
| Director | Cheryl Dunye |
| Exec. Producer | Annie Taylor, Michael Light, Burke Moody |
| Producer | Joy Malinowski, Alexandra Juhasz, Barry Swimar, Cate Wilson |
| Writer | Cheryl Dunye, Douglas McKeown |
| Casting | Mike Lemon, Keelyn Bradley, Gail Lloyd, Sharon Levin Cohen |
| Editors | Annie Taylor, Cheryl Dunye, Burke Moody, James R. Ford Jr., Magali Taylor |
| Cinematography | Michelle Crenshaw, Christopher Leo Daniels, Kevin Boyle, Jeff Kahn |
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| Asst. Directors | Renae Dinnerman, Ted Shields, Elenie Mansalis, Cheryl Dunye, Sonya Klimuk, Michael LaCorte |
| Lighting | Andrew Reed Conner |
| Camera Operators | Christopher Leo Daniels, Kevin Boyle, Jeff Kahn, Michelle Crenshaw |
| Add. Photography | Christopher Leo Daniels, Kevin Boyle, Jeff Kahn, Michelle Crenshaw |
| Production Design | Robert Holtzman, Stacey Byers |
| Art Direction | Robert Holtzman, Stacey Byers |
| Set Decoration | Stacey Byers, Robert Holtzman |
| Composer | Paul Shapiro, Magali Taylor, Jack A. Mehlbaum, James R. Ford Jr., Stephen C. Rocamboli, Gail Lloyd, Dave Rainey, S. Madison Bédard, Bill Coleman |
| Sound | Magali Taylor, Jack A. Mehlbaum, James R. Ford Jr., Stephen C. Rocamboli, Gail Lloyd, Dave Rainey, S. Madison Bédard, Bill Coleman, Paul Shapiro |
| Costume Design | Solomon Wise, Luciana Moreira, Sarah Vogt |
| Makeup | Solomon Wise, Luciana Moreira, Sarah Vogt |
| Hairstyling | Solomon Wise, Luciana Moreira, Sarah Vogt |
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Film correlati
Date di uscita per paese
| Tipo | Paese | Data | Cert. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premiere |  Germania | 07 feb 1996 | — | Berlin International Film Festival |
| Premiere |  Stati Uniti | 08 mag 1996 | — | Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema |
| Premiere |  Canada | 07 set 1996 | — | Toronto International Film Festival |
| Uscita in sala | Stati Uniti | 05 mar 1997 | — | — |