The Watermelon Woman

jxn

found this gem in a charity shop for $2 within a mass dump of lesbian dvds including short film collections and 4 misc seasons of the l word. my copy will surely be passed around friends for a while.

Jaideep

as quietly impactful as any film you're likely to see. i cant imagine watching this for the first time and not having your perspective on how we soak up cinema and its history radically changed. the 90s video store worker is the life i want.

saltkin

RLY interesting reflections on black film history and contemporary lesbian experience. the paglia cameo was hilarious and i'm choosing to believe she wasn't in on the joke.

Sarah Fonseca

3.5 / Such an awesome queer cinema gem that's currently finding a second wind with a different generation. Hot sex scenes, solid jokes, great style. There's not a member of this crew and cast who hasn't gone onto enjoy a really fruitful career. Love, love, love Sarah Schulman's cameo parodying the archivists at the Lesbian Herstory Archives in Brooklyn. Too real.

Kasey

A very interesting topic, I didn't know that the Watermelon Woman was made up until the very end of the film. I've never seen anything like it and it honestly really inspired me and my own filmmaking.

Nikola

Even though I 'get' what the movie is supposed to be, I just couldn't get past the awful production/acting/overall effect. Dunye has fallen in love a little too much with her own metaphors.

C. Ralph

Overall, I wasn't very impressed with this mockumentary film, but I must say that Cheryl Dunye's performance is engaging. I can partially see where she was going with this, and I like her train of thought. I just don't think her execution matched her potential, but this was probably due to their budget. Lastly, I must add that Cheryl is so absolutely, downright sexy in this film! I was totally jealous of Guinevere...

Jordan Kaltz

<3 <3 <3