"The Watermelon Woman" (1996) and How it Explores the Mammy Role (Analysis)

<p style="text-align:center;"></p> <p style="text-align:center;">(Guinevere Turner and Cheryl Dunye in "The Watermelon Woman"0</p> <p style="text-align:center;"> </p> <p style="text-align:center;">"THE WATERMELON WOMAN"</p> <p style="text-align:center;">U.S.A., 1996</p> <p style="text-align:center;">Written/Directed: Cheryl Dunye</p> <p style="text-align:center;">Starring: Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner, Valarie Walker</p> <p class="p1">Synopsis: 25 year old Cheryl is a black, lesbian filmmaker in Philadelphia with a purpose to make a documentary centering on a forgotten 1930’s actress while dealing with issues of race and homophobia. </p>   Stream "The Watermelon Woman" on Hulu, Amazon Prime, and Youtube TV.   Watch Trailer: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiTBGPmL2mo'>Here</a>   Sources: <a href='https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190530-rom-mammy-to-ma-hollywoods-favourite-racist-stereotype'>Ellen E. Jones - "From Mammy to Ma" </a>   <a href='https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/06/the-watermelon-woman-the-enduring-cool-of-a-black-lesbian-classic'>Yohana Desta - "'The Watermelon Woman':The Enduring Cool of a Black Lesbian Classic"</a>   <a href='https://hoodline.com/2016/04/the-watermelon-woman-20-years-later-an-interview-with-local-filmmaker-cheryl-dunye/'>Shane Downing - "The Watermelon Woman": 20 Years Later..."</a>   Music:  Jose Gomez & Raymond Velez    Follow Movies à la Queer on: Twitter: <a href='http://twitter.com/moviesalaqueer'>@MoviesalaQueer</a> <p style="text-align:center;">Instagram: <a href='http://instagram.com/moviesalaqueer'>@Moviesalaqueer</a></p> <p style="text-align:center;"><a href='https://moviesalaqueer.podbean.com/facebook.com/moviesalq'>MALQ Facebook</a><a href='http://facebook.com/moviesalq'> </a></p>