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Learn more- Working the Boats: Masters of the Craft produced and directed by Claire Andrade-Watkins (2016, USA, 65 min.) The second in Andrade-Watkins' documentary trilogy about the Fox Point Cape Verdean community, Working the Boats is a six-part webisode that captures the golden years of Local 1329 of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA). Local 1329 was founded in Providence, Rhode Island in 1933 by Manuel Q. Ledo, A Cape Verdean community leader. Featured in the webisode are museum-quality photographic portraits of the interviewees taken by Liane Brandon, award winning independent filmmaker and photographer.
Episode One: Community- talks about the relationship between the workers of Local 1329 and the community. Episode Two: Craft - This segment explores the skills required to work on the waterfront and how the work has changed over the years. Episode Three: Dangers - The waterfront is a dangerous place. Many of the interviewees talk about the injuries they have suffered and the accidents they've witnessed in this segment. Episode Four: Union - Safety, proper compensation, seniority and many other benefits the workers of the waterfront now enjoy were fought for by the previous generations through the union. The workers contemplate the future and wonder who will take on the fight now that many of them are on the verge of retirement. Episode Five: The Women - The longshoremen's wives and daughters talk about their life and role within the community and the waterfront. Episode Six: Generations - Several generations of families have made their lives on the waterfront. With each generation, new challenges arise and conflicts between the new and the old emerge.
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