Alliance for Independent Motion Media: Some Kind of Funny Porto Rican

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Length: 83 minutes

Filmmaker: Dr. Claire Andrade-Watkins

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"Some Kind of Funny Porto Rican?"

A Cape Verdean American Story

Film Description

This documentary chronicles the tragedy and scandel of what happened to three generations of immigrants from the Cape Verde Islands in the Fox Point section of Providence, Rhode Island. Forcibly displaced by urban renewal in the 1960s and 1970s, their homes are now elegantly restored houses and antique stores.

News:

The Phoenix: 3.5/4 Stars

Screenings:

• November 13-16, 2006: Brown University, Reconnecting: Cape Verdean Memory and History in Fox Point
• November 2, 2006: MIT, Women in Film & Video of New England monthly film series
• August 27, 2006: Nantucket, MA, Nantucket Whaling Museum
• August 26, 2006: Dennis, MA, Cape Cinema
• July 30, 2006: Boston, MA, Roxbury Film Festival
• July 7-9, 2006: Providence, RI, Heritage Festival
• April 7-9, 2006: Providence, RI, Columbus Theatre
• January 26-Feb 1, 2006: Boston, MA, Museum of Fine Arts

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