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The Watermelon Woman

Saturday, October 18, 2025

Film
  • Screenshot 2025 10 10 at 2 55 27 PM

Here’s the quintessential video store movie and a fun and feisty queer romantic comedy from groundbreaking filmmaker Cheryl Dunye. A young black lesbian filmmaker — in between stocking video store shelves and flirting with cute customers — probes into the life of the Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played a number of ‘mammy’ archetypes in early cinema. She begins to see a number of parallels to her own life and her new relationship with a white woman. Dunye manages to create a film that explores potentially divisive ideas of race, gender, and queerness, but never feels didactic or anything less than thoroughly irreverent and entertaining.

And thanks to our friends at Criterion, we will have limited giveaways before the show!


 

Hours

Box office is open 90 minutes before showtime. Our video store is open daily and available to hang out in before and after most shows, depending on the showtime.

Age Recommendation

All ages welcome

Ticket Info

$5 tickets available when the box office opens! 

2 for $10 everyday

A TeenTix member may purchase a $5 ticket for themselves and for another person of any age ($10 total) for everyday shows at this venue. If there are multiple performances on a everyday, it is at the venue's discretion to decide which performance is eligible for this deal. Always call ahead to plan for companion tickets.

Box Office Info

TeenTix tickets will be available in-person at our box office or in the video store for selected show.

Equity Statement

"Vidiots Foundation has a longstanding commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and access going back to our founding in 1985. We profoundly value and strive to reflect all the communities we serve, in one of the most diverse counties in the United States. Representation, inclusivity, equity, and fostering a feeling of belonging for all, have been at the forefront of our work for 35 years. Our Founders began the organization in order to tap the deep well of artistry from all over the world, and showcase the widest array of artists and points of view from all backgrounds in an affordable and equitable way. This passion remains our guiding light in a fierce commitment to building an equitable, inclusive, anti-racist, anti-misogynist film culture open and accessible to all."

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