Paese
Germania
Data
07 feb 1996
Nota
Berlin International Film Festival
1h 25min
Media Generale
5.0/10
Video
Trama
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 |
Generi
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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 |
| Exec. Producer | Burke Moody, Michael Light, Annie Taylor |
| Producer | Joy Malinowski, Barry Swimar, Alexandra Juhasz, Cate Wilson |
| Writer | Cheryl Dunye, Douglas McKeown |
| Casting | Mike Lemon, Sharon Levin Cohen, Gail Lloyd, Keelyn Bradley |
| Editors | Annie Taylor, Cheryl Dunye, James R. Ford Jr., Burke Moody, Magali Taylor |
| Cinematography | Michelle Crenshaw, Christopher Leo Daniels, Kevin Boyle, Jeff Kahn |
| Asst. Directors | Elenie Mansalis, Ted Shields, Renae Dinnerman, Cheryl Dunye, Sonya Klimuk, Michael LaCorte |
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| 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 | Stacey Byers, Robert Holtzman |
| Set Decoration | Stacey Byers, Robert Holtzman |
| Composer | Paul Shapiro, Jack A. Mehlbaum, James R. Ford Jr., Magali Taylor, Bill Coleman, Gail Lloyd, S. Madison Bédard, Stephen C. Rocamboli, Dave Rainey |
| Sound | Jack A. Mehlbaum, James R. Ford Jr., Magali Taylor, Bill Coleman, Gail Lloyd, S. Madison Bédard, Stephen C. Rocamboli, Dave Rainey, Paul Shapiro |
| Costume Design | Luciana Moreira, Solomon Wise, Sarah Vogt |
| Makeup | Luciana Moreira, Solomon Wise, Sarah Vogt |
| Hairstyling | Luciana Moreira, Solomon Wise, Sarah Vogt |
Date di uscita per paese
Premiere
Paese
Stati Uniti
Data
08 mag 1996
Nota
Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema
Paese
Canada
Data
07 set 1996
Nota
Toronto International Film Festival
Uscita in sala
Paese
Stati Uniti
Data
05 mar 1997
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