Short film
Hi, Neighbor
2011 · 14 min
A quiet, reflective short that lingers on loss and displacement, asking a simple question that carries a lot of weight.
- Directed by
- Claire Andrade-Watkins
- Genres
- Documentary, Family, History
- Starring
- Claire Andrade-Watkins
- Overview
- This experimental short film is about a little girl who lost her home to urban renewal, and asks her wealthy neighbor, "why?" The film is a prequel to Andrade-Watkins' documentary trilogy about the Cape Verdean community in Fox Point. "Hi, Neighbor" had its world premiere at the 2011 Cape Verdean International Film Festival and was awarded Jury Selection (first prize), in the 2012 Black Maria Film Festival.
- How it feels
- Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Memory, class, isolation
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Claire Andrade-Watkins
- Genres
- Documentary, Family, History
- Starring
- Claire Andrade-Watkins