Oh Dem Watermelons

Name: Oh Dem Watermelons
Rating: 5.9

Not Rated Music

Starring: R.G. Davis, Saul Landau

Writer: Robert Nelson

Release Date:
August 13, 1965

Ratings:
5.9 / 10

Director:
Robert Nelson

Companies:
The San Francisco Mime Troupe

Overview

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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