The Watermelon Woman (1996)

The Crit Club crew (Coire, Peter, Angela, and Wizard Chris) takes on Cheryl Dunye's 1994 The Watermelon Woman, a playful fake documentary about Dunye's search for a 1930's Black film actor whom she only knows as the watermelon woman. Part of the new queer cinema, the Watermelon Woman is a stage for Dunye to share her experience as a young, Black lesbian and explore the culture that came before her. 

Other media we mentioned during our discussion:

Clerks

Totally F***ed Up

F for Fake

Adaptation

I’m Thinking of Ending Things

Go Fish

Chasing Amy

Mallrats

Gummo

Tiger King

Join us next week as we discuss Albert Brooks' directing debut, 1979's Real Life.