Bet You Didn’t Know: Secrets Behind The Making Of “Claudine”
Watts or the Bronx
Originally, the couple who wrote the script, Lester and Tine Pine, envisioned the movie taking place in Watts, Los Angeles. But when Third World Cinema, a New York based company, came on board they changed the location to the Bronx. It ended up working out a little bit better because Diahann Carroll was born there.