{"id":8836,"date":"2021-12-02T13:22:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T12:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frauenfilmfest.com\/movie\/the-watermelon-woman\/"},"modified":"2022-05-17T13:50:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T11:50:19","slug":"the-watermelon-woman","status":"publish","type":"movie","link":"https:\/\/frauenfilmfest.com\/en\/movie\/the-watermelon-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"The Watermelon Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00bbBlack people, more specifically black women, even more specifically queer black women have been kept anonymous in the archives, unaccredited and held back from accessing a culture which carries pain but also power.\u00ab<br \/>\n\u2013 Christabel Samuel, <em>The Watermelon Woman: A Retrospective Look at Black Issues<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Young, black and lesbian, Cheryl works in a video store in Philadelphia and earns some extra money making professional wedding videos. While watching old movies from the 1930s and 40s, she comes across a black actress who only appears in the credits under the name \u00bbThe Watermelon Woman\u00ab. Fascinated by this woman, Cheryl begins to research more about this woman\u2019s life, but soon finds an almost complete absence of any information about black actresses of that time. Duly motivated, she sets about filling in this gap in film history, but inaccessible archives, cagey contemporary witnesses, and an affair with an attractive colleague make her life difficult.<\/p>\n<p>A black lesbian woman makes a film about a black lesbian woman who wants to make a film about a black lesbian woman. What at first sounds mind-boggling is in reality a nimble, smart and highly self-reflexive mockumentary about the invisibility of black, queer film history and the essential need to be able to mirror oneself in the writing of history. (MS)<\/p>\n<p>In cooperation with <em>LAG Lesben in NRW<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Film Series New Archives<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Awards for \u203aThe Watermelon Woman\u2039<\/strong><br \/>\nTeddy for the Best Feature Film \u2013 Berlinale 1997 | Audience Award for an Outstanding Narrative Feature \u2013 L. A. 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