A landmark of 1990s New Queer Cinema, The Watermelon Woman follows young black filmmaker Cheryl who sets out to sets out to make a documentary about a forgotten black film actress.

A young black filmmaker becomes fixated by Fae Richard, a typecast black actress from the 1930s credited only as ‘The Watermelon Woman’, and sets out to make a documentary about this forgotten star. With its complex exploration of interracial queer relationships, The Watermelon Woman is a landmark of 1990s New Queer Cinema.

Presented in partnership with We Are Parable as part of the We Are Here project - a nationwide programme funded by the BFI and The National Lottery to increase access to Black cinema.

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