Our Rhode is a cinematic transatlantic chronicle created between 1986 and 2016 by second-generation Cape Verdean filmmaker Claire Andrade-Watkins. These films reconstitute the history of three generations of Cape Verdeans living in the Fox Point section of Providence, Rhode Island who were displaced by urban renewal, gentrification, the expansion of Brown University and the construction of Interstate I-95. A rich, textured conversation emerges, giving voice to those who witnessed and participated in a journey through pain, anger, acceptance and reflection.
Our Rhode is an epic odyssey that weaves together the local, global and universal themes of immigration, ethnicity, displacement, history and memory.