Plot: (from movie-reviews.colossus.net)
Dunye plays Cheryl, a Philadelphia video store clerk who's making a movie on the side. It's about "the Watermelon Woman", an obscure black actress who had bit parts in a number of pre-1950 motion pictures. As Cheryl digs for facts about the woman, she discovers a surprising number of similarities between herself and her subject. The Watermelon Woman, actually named Faye Richards, was a lesbian who lived in Philadelphia, didn't conceal her lifestyle, and loved movies. Cheryl becomes obsessed about learning everything she can about Faye, and her hunt leads her to friends and intimates of the late actress.
The Watermelon Woman is also about Cheryl's personal life, which ultimately becomes entwined with her film making. Her best friend, who also works with her at the video store, is an acid-tongued lesbian named Tamara . She objects to Cheryl's burgeoning relationship with a white woman, Diana (Guinevere Turner), and keeps trying to set her best friend up with other, usually off-the-wall, black lesbians. It doesn't work, though -- Cheryl's attraction to Diana is too strong.
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