Watermelon Man

Watermelon Man

1970 | 1h 40m | Comedy, Drama | TV-MA

Brief Synopsis

A bigoted man comes to see the many sides of racism.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Melvin Van Peebles

CAST

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WRITERS

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Watermelon Man (1970) -- (Movie Clip) No Wonder Negroes Riot!
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Having turned black, Gerber (Godfrey Cambridge) grabs a cab to the drug store to buy skin treatments, getting help from wife Althea (Estelle Parsons) in director Mario Van Peebles' Watermelon Man, 1970.
Watermelon Man (1970) -- (Movie Clip) How Now Brown Cow?
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As wife Althea (Estelle Parsons) bemoans their failing sex life, Jeff (Godfrey Cambridge, in white-face) demurs, then wakes up black, in Mario Van Peebles' Watermelon Man, 1970.
Watermelon Man (1970)-- (Movie Clip) Take This Elevator To Harlem!
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In an early scene in whiteface, Gerber (Godfrey Cambridge) reveals his bigoted views to counterman Joe (Mantan Moreland) and the gang at work, in director Mario Van Peebles' Watermelon Man, 1970.
Watermelon Man (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Is This America?
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Encouraged by his boss, Gerber (Godfrey Cambridge) decides to confront his sudden-blackness head-on, making a date a discriminating club for lunch, in director Mario Van Peebles' Watermelon Man, 1970.

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