Gateway Film Festival: The Watermelon Woman (1996) 30th Anniversary

Screening of the 1996 classic film 'The Watermelon Woman' as part of the Gateway Film Festival.

The film is set in Philadelphia and tells the story of a young Black lesbian who is trying to make a documentary about Fae Richards. Fae Richards was a beautiful and elusive Black film actress from the 1930s, known as 'The Watermelon Woman.' The screening is part of the Gateway Film Festival, an independent organization celebrating film in Peterborough.