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Oh Dem Watermelons (1965)
Directed by Robert Nelson
Music · 12m
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.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Robert Nelson
- Writer
- Robert Nelson
- Editor
- Robert Nelson
- Producer
- Robert Nelson
Details
- Release date
- 1965-08-13
- Runtime
- 12m
- Genres
- Music
- Original language
- EN
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- The San Francisco Mime Troupe