The Watermelon Woman

Cheryl (Cheryl Dunye) works a day job at a video store and wants to make a film of her own. She settles on Fae "The Watermelon Woman" Richards, a Black actress from the 1930s who was cast again and again as the mammy, usually credited by that nickname alone. Cheryl Dunye plays the filmmaker as she tracks Fae down, the video camera in her hands, the shelves of the store behind her.