Jose Manuel
Jose Manuel, the Mule And the TV
José Manuel, la Mula y el Televisor / Elsa Cornevin / France, Cuba / 2003 / 14 min / Spanish
After lightening struck the television antenna and he lost the carrier signal, Jose Manuel decided to take matters into his own hands and carry on with the program by himself. He takes his mule and his television set to different local people from the Sierra Maestra and interviews them about their lives and the problems in the community. Neither he nor his interviewees seem to be disturbed by the setting of the interviews, as they speak to each other through the empty frame of an ex-television. This film takes a gentle look at how one man uses his creativity and humor to produce social change in a small village in Cuba.
screenplay | Elsa Cornevin
camera | Elsa Cornevin
editor | Greta Rodríguez
sound | Pedro Espinosa, José Luis Garlobo
music | Raizman Barzaga, Grabación en estudio – Abel García
