The Watermelon Woman (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "The Watermelon Woman" in English language version.

Last modified: 12:46:55, 11 July 2026 (UTC)

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afi.com (Global: 172^nd place; English: 111^th place)

"AFI Movie Club: The Watermelon Woman". AFI.com. American Film Institute. October 19, 2020. Retrieved July 13, 2023.

afterellen.com (Global: 4,842^nd place; English: 2,962^nd place)

Swartz, Shauna (March 15, 2006). "Review of The Watermelon Woman". AfterEllen.com. Archived from the original on February 17, 2007. Retrieved April 27, 2008.

allmovie.com (Global: 397^th place; English: 289^th place)

"The Watermelon Woman (1996): Crew". AllMovie. Retrieved December 3, 2023.

amazon.com (Global: 159^th place; English: 105^th place)

"The Watermelon Woman (Restored 20th Anniversary Edition)". Amazon.com.

austinchronicle.com (Global: 1,588^th place; English: 805^th place)

Baumgarten, Marjorie (July 18, 1997), "Film Listings: The Watermelon Woman", The Austin Chronicle, Austin Chronicle Corp., retrieved May 13, 2010

berlinale.de (Global: 1,116^th place; English: 991^st place)

"Berlinale 2016: Panorama Celebrates Teddy Award's 30th Anniversary and Announces First Titles in Programme". Berlinale. Archived from the original on December 21, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2015.

bfi.org.uk (Global: 239^th place; English: 131^st place)

Oloukoï, Chrystel (February 27, 2021). "The Watermelon Woman at 25: the Black lesbian classic that wears its brilliance lightly". BFI.org.uk. British Film Institute. Retrieved July 13, 2023.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Stockwell, Anne (March 4, 1997), "Color-corrected film", The Advocate, LPI Media, p. 53, retrieved May 15, 2010
Moss, J. Jennings (April 1, 1997), "The NEA gets gay-bashed — National Endowment for the Arts", The Advocate, LPI Media, p. 55, retrieved May 13, 2010

bostonphoenix.com (Global: low place; English: 7,360^th place)

Keough, Peter (May 8, 1997), "Slice of life — The Watermelon Woman refreshes", The Phoenix, archived from the original on December 5, 1998, retrieved April 29, 2008

cca.edu (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Cheryl Dunye - California College of the Arts". www.cca.edu. Archived from the original on February 1, 2009. Retrieved May 2, 2012.

cheryldunye.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Haslett, T.; N. Abiaka (April 12, 1997). "Cheryl Dunye — Interview". Black Cultural Studies Web Site Collective. Archived from the original on January 22, 2011. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
"Official Site". 2005. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved April 27, 2008.

citypaper.net (Global: low place; English: 9,287^th place)

Warner, David (October 17, 1996), "Dunye, Denzel and more", Philadelphia City Paper, archived from the original on January 14, 2002, retrieved April 28, 2008

collider.com (Global: 158^th place; English: 116^th place)

Humphrey, Julia (April 14, 2023). "'After Hours', 'The Watermelon Woman', and More Coming to Criterion in July". Collider. Retrieved July 13, 2023.

criterion.com (Global: 2,384^th place; English: 1,362^nd place)

"The Watermelon Woman (1996)". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved July 13, 2023.

deadline.com (Global: 19^th place; English: 16^th place)

Tartaglione, Nancy (December 14, 2021). "National Film Registry Adds Return Of The Jedi, Fellowship Of The Ring, Strangers On A Train, Sounder, WALL-E & More". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 14, 2021.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Sullivan, Laura L. (2000). "Chasing Fae: "The Watermelon Woman" and Black Lesbian Possibility" (PDF). Callaloo. 23 (1): 448–460. doi:10.1353/cal.2000.0070. S2CID 161364954. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
Richardson, Matt (2011). "Our Stories Have Never Been Told: Preliminary Thoughts on Black Lesbian Cultural Production as Historiography in The Watermelon Woman". Black Camera. 2 (2): 100–113. doi:10.2979/blackcamera.2.2.100. JSTOR 10.2979/blackcamera.2.2.100. S2CID 144355769.

emanuellevy.com (Global: 9,173^rd place; English: 6,257^th place)

Levy, Emanuel (April 14, 2009). "Watermelon Woman, The (1996): Cheryl Dunye's Significant Lesbian Film (LGBTQ)". EmanuelLevy.com. Retrieved May 13, 2010.

interviewmagazine.com (Global: 1,642^nd place; English: 1,042^nd place)

Kelsey, Colleen (November 11, 2016). "Cheryl Dunye's Alternative Histories". Interview Magazine. Retrieved February 6, 2016.

jstor.org (Global: 23^rd place; English: 15^th place)

Richardson, Matt (2011). "Our Stories Have Never Been Told: Preliminary Thoughts on Black Lesbian Cultural Production as Historiography in The Watermelon Woman". Black Camera. 2 (2): 100–113. doi:10.2979/blackcamera.2.2.100. JSTOR 10.2979/blackcamera.2.2.100. S2CID 144355769.
Bryan-Wilson, Julia, and Cheryl Dunye. "Imaginary Archives: A Dialogue." Art Journal, vol. 72, no. 2, 2013, pp. 82–89., JSTOR 43188602.

latimes.com (Global: 32^nd place; English: 21^st place)

Anderson, Tre'vell (November 27, 2016). "Director Cheryl Dunye on her groundbreaking LGBTQ film 'The Watermelon Woman,' 20 years later". Los Angeles Times.
Thomas, Kevin (March 28, 1997). ""Wry 'Woman' Explores Race, Sexuality"". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 12, 2021.

metacritic.com (Global: 51^st place; English: 44^th place)

"The Watermelon Woman Reviews". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved June 14, 2023.

moma.org (Global: 1,508^th place; English: 1,304^th place)

"The Watermelon Woman. 1996. Directed by Cheryl Dunye". MoMA.

mtv.com (Global: 130^th place; English: 102^nd place)

Walber, Daniel (February 6, 2014). "The Out Take: 10 Fantastic Teddy Award-Winning LGBT Films To Watch Right Now". MTV.com. Archived from the original on September 9, 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2018.

mycitypaper.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

DeLombard, Jeannine (March 3, 1996), "The Watermelon Woman Review", Philadelphia City Paper, archived from the original on September 25, 2022, retrieved September 25, 2022

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

movies.nytimes.com

"The Watermelon Woman — Cast", Movies & TV Dept., The New York Times, 2009, archived from the original on June 4, 2009, retrieved June 6, 2008
Holden, Stephen (March 5, 1997), "On Black Films and Breezy Lesbians", The New York Times, retrieved May 13, 2010

query.nytimes.com

Rich, Frank (March 13, 1997), "Lesbian Lookout", The New York Times, retrieved April 29, 2008

realscreen.com (Global: 9,582^nd place; English: 4,962^nd place)

Jeffrey, Andrew (October 20, 2021). ""City So Real" and "American Utopia" highlight 15th Cinema Eye Honors nominations". realscreen.com. Retrieved November 1, 2021.

rhizomes.net (Global: low place; English: low place)

Michel, Frann (Summer 2007). "Eating the (M)Other: Cheryl Dunye's Feature Films and Black Matrilineage". Rhizomes: Cultural Studies in Emerging Knowledge. Retrieved February 1, 2016.

rottentomatoes.com (Global: 52^nd place; English: 48^th place)

"The Watermelon Woman". Rotten Tomatoes. March 5, 1996. Retrieved April 28, 2008.

semanticscholar.org (Global: 15^th place; English: 8^th place)

api.semanticscholar.org

Sullivan, Laura L. (2000). "Chasing Fae: "The Watermelon Woman" and Black Lesbian Possibility" (PDF). Callaloo. 23 (1): 448–460. doi:10.1353/cal.2000.0070. S2CID 161364954. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
Richardson, Matt (2011). "Our Stories Have Never Been Told: Preliminary Thoughts on Black Lesbian Cultural Production as Historiography in The Watermelon Woman". Black Camera. 2 (2): 100–113. doi:10.2979/blackcamera.2.2.100. JSTOR 10.2979/blackcamera.2.2.100. S2CID 144355769.

sfgate.com (Global: 248^th place; English: 142^nd place)

Stein, Ruthe (July 25, 1997), "'Watermelon Woman' Digs Fruitfully Into a Faux Past", San Francisco Chronicle, Hearst Corporation, retrieved May 13, 2010

slate.com (Global: 409^th place; English: 260^th place)

Kois, Dan (July 11, 2023). "The Radical Classic That's Finally Coming to the Criterion Collection". Slate Magazine. Retrieved July 13, 2023.

uiowa.edu (Global: 2,935^th place; English: 1,725^th place)

content.uiowa.edu

Sullivan, Laura L. (2000). "Chasing Fae: "The Watermelon Woman" and Black Lesbian Possibility" (PDF). Callaloo. 23 (1): 448–460. doi:10.1353/cal.2000.0070. S2CID 161364954. Retrieved May 29, 2023.

variety.com (Global: 21^st place; English: 17^th place)

"The Watermelon Woman", Variety, archived from the original on May 5, 2008, retrieved April 27, 2008

washingtonpost.com (Global: 35^th place; English: 24^th place)

"CULTURAL AGENCIES DODGE A BULLET". The Washington Post. June 21, 1996. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved September 29, 2025.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

Haslett, T.; N. Abiaka (April 12, 1997). "Cheryl Dunye — Interview". Black Cultural Studies Web Site Collective. Archived from the original on January 22, 2011. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
Keough, Peter (May 8, 1997), "Slice of life — The Watermelon Woman refreshes", The Phoenix, archived from the original on December 5, 1998, retrieved April 29, 2008
"The Watermelon Woman — Cast", Movies & TV Dept., The New York Times, 2009, archived from the original on June 4, 2009, retrieved June 6, 2008
Warner, David (October 17, 1996), "Dunye, Denzel and more", Philadelphia City Paper, archived from the original on January 14, 2002, retrieved April 28, 2008
"The Watermelon Woman", Variety, archived from the original on May 5, 2008, retrieved April 27, 2008
"Official Site". 2005. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
"Cheryl Dunye - California College of the Arts". www.cca.edu. Archived from the original on February 1, 2009. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
"Berlinale 2016: Panorama Celebrates Teddy Award's 30th Anniversary and Announces First Titles in Programme". Berlinale. Archived from the original on December 21, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
Walber, Daniel (February 6, 2014). "The Out Take: 10 Fantastic Teddy Award-Winning LGBT Films To Watch Right Now". MTV.com. Archived from the original on September 9, 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
Swartz, Shauna (March 15, 2006). "Review of The Watermelon Woman". AfterEllen.com. Archived from the original on February 17, 2007. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
DeLombard, Jeannine (March 3, 1996), "The Watermelon Woman Review", Philadelphia City Paper, archived from the original on September 25, 2022, retrieved September 25, 2022

worldcat.org (Global: 4^th place; English: 4^th place)

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"CULTURAL AGENCIES DODGE A BULLET". The Washington Post. June 21, 1996. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved September 29, 2025.

The Watermelon Woman (English Wikipedia)

afi.com (Global: 172nd place; English: 111th place)

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allmovie.com (Global: 397th place; English: 289th place)

amazon.com (Global: 159th place; English: 105th place)

austinchronicle.com (Global: 1,588th place; English: 805th place)

berlinale.de (Global: 1,116th place; English: 991st place)

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collider.com (Global: 158th place; English: 116th place)

criterion.com (Global: 2,384th place; English: 1,362nd place)

deadline.com (Global: 19th place; English: 16th place)

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emanuellevy.com (Global: 9,173rd place; English: 6,257th place)

interviewmagazine.com (Global: 1,642nd place; English: 1,042nd place)

jstor.org (Global: 23rd place; English: 15th place)

latimes.com (Global: 32nd place; English: 21st place)

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moma.org (Global: 1,508th place; English: 1,304th place)

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sfgate.com (Global: 248th place; English: 142nd place)

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allmovie.com (Global: 397^th place; English: 289^th place)

amazon.com (Global: 159^th place; English: 105^th place)

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collider.com (Global: 158^th place; English: 116^th place)

criterion.com (Global: 2,384^th place; English: 1,362^nd place)

deadline.com (Global: 19^th place; English: 16^th place)

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emanuellevy.com (Global: 9,173^rd place; English: 6,257^th place)

interviewmagazine.com (Global: 1,642^nd place; English: 1,042^nd place)

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moma.org (Global: 1,508^th place; English: 1,304^th place)

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