Oh Dem Watermelons

Name: Oh Dem Watermelons
Released: 1965
Rating: 6.077
Cast: R.G. Davis, Saul Landau

★ 6.1 1965 Movie 13 votes

Commissioned by the San Francisco Mime Troupe as a short to be screened during intermission for its rather infamous 1965 Minstrel Show (Civil Rights from the Cracker Barrel), which assaulted…

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TypeMovie

Release year1965

TMDB rating6.1/10

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Commissioned by the San Francisco Mime Troupe as a short to be screened during intermission for its rather infamous 1965 Minstrel Show (Civil Rights from the Cracker Barrel), which assaulted racial stereotypes by wildly exaggerating them. Scored by Steve Reich. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.

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