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Claire Andrade-Watkins | |
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| Born | Claire Andrade-Watkins |
| Nationality | Cape Verdean American |
| Alma mater | Simmons College Boston University |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, filmmaker, producer, writer, author, actress |
| Years active | 1990–present |
Claire Andrade-Watkins, is a Cape Verdean–American historian and filmmaker.[1] She is an interdisciplinary scholar of African and African American history with a focus on Cape Verdean American history, as well as Post-colonial French. Meanwhile, she excels in Portuguese-speaking African cinema, cinemas of the Africana diaspora, and Black American film and its filmmakers.[2]
She attended Lincoln School Providence, obtained her B.A. degree from Simmons College and later obtained M.A. and Ph.D. from Boston University.[3]
Andrade-Watkins is the founding Director of the 'Fox Point Cape Verdean' Project, a community-based research initiative created in 2007. She also holds the President of production and distribution company, 'SPIA Media Productions, Inc.'. It was founded in 1998 and specialized in media from the African Diaspora.[3][4]
She is the first academic tenure track professor of color in the college, and the first Full Professor of color in Visual and Media Arts before migrating to the Institute for Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies. She is also the author of several books including, Society for Visual Anthropology, Research in African Literature, The Independent Film and Video Monthly, American Historical Review, and CinémAction.[3][2]
| Year | Film | Role | Genre | Ref. |
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| 2005 | Cape Verde Independence | Director, producer | Documentary | |
| 2006 | Some Kind of Funny Porto Rican? : A Cape Verdean American Story | Director, executive producer, writer, editor | Documentary | |
| 2011 | Hi, Neighbor | Director, producer, writer | Video documentary short | |
| 2013 | Serenata de Amor | Director, producer | Documentary | |
| 2016 | Working the Boats: Masters of the Craft | Director, producer | Documentary |
She has awarded and honored with several organizations and film festivals.[2]
