Councilman Goncalves Movie Night at India Point Park

Film: “Some Kind of Funny Porto Rican?”: A Cape Verdean American Story

Directed by Dr. Claire Andrade-Watkins

This feature documentary tells the untold story of a vibrant immigrant community from the Cape Verde Islands living in the Fox Point section of Providence who were forcibly displaced by urban renewal. It is the first in a trilogy of documentaries.

We are showing this film in collaboration with SPIA Media Productions, Inc. & The Mile of History Association.