PRODUCTION TEAM
Claire Andrade-Watkins, Producer/Writer/Director
Boyd Estus, Director of Cinematography
Academy Award, The Flight of the Gossamer Condor; Academy Award nominee, "Eight Minutes to Midnight."
ASSISTANT CAMERA
Dick Williams
Silas Tyler
PRODUCER’S ASSISTANT
Callie Piedade Shona Watkins
Kevin Oliveira
SOUND RECORDISTS
John Cameron
Frank Coakley
John Dildine
Robert Todd
EDITORS
Christian Cundari
Claire Andrade-Watkins
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Rachel Eisengart
GAFFER
Jeff King
KEY GRIP
Casey Heemskerk
Erik Messerschmidt
SECOND UNIT
Claire Andrade-Watkins
Ken NiBlock
PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
Callie Piedade Shona Watkins
Na’ma Gal
Jared McCord
NARRATOR
Claire Andrade-Watkins
MOTION GRAPHICS
Rachel Eisengart
Jeremiah Cohick
Serra Shiflett
ON LINE EDITOR & TITLE GRAPHICS
Ken NiBlock
SOUND DESIGN & MIX
Shaun Farley
PROJECT HUMANISTS
Dr. Marilyn Halter, Boston University
Associate Professor of History&Research Associate ISEC
Dr. Donaldo Macedo, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Director of Bilingual Studies
Dr. Laura Pires-Hester, Anthropologist
PROJECT ADVISORS
Dr. Arthur Barron
Raoul Peck
ACADEMIC ADVISORS
Dr. Marilyn Halter
Dr. Laura Pires Hester
Dr. Donaldo Macedo
EDUCATIONAL ADVISORS
Maria da Graca
Manuel da luz Goncalves
Marlene Lopes
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Virginia Gonsalves
Yvonne M. Smart
FISCAL AGENT
Center for Independent Documentary
FUNDERS
This project is made possible through major funding support from the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities, the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, an independent state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the LEF Foundation. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in “SOME KIND OF FUNNY PORTO RICAN?”: A CAPE VERDEAN AMERICAN STORY do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Emerson College
Emerson College Faculty Grant
Cruz Construction Co., Inc. John B. Cruz Construction Co., Inc.
Mystic Seaport Museum, Paul Cuffe Memorial Fellowship
Massachusetts Media Fellowship
Taunton Cape Verdean Association
Cape Verde Ministry of Culture
Cape Verdeans of Southern California
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Manuel da luz Goncalves
Ronald and Cheryl Locke
Ana Lisa Silva
Nuala Cabral
Roberta Giofortoni
FRIENDS of SKFPR
John B. Cruz, III
David Lee
Floyd A. Williams
Honorable Charles R. Stith
Representative Byron Rushing
Paul Goodnight
Len Cabral