INTERNATIONAL STUDENT DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION WINNERS

JOSE MANUEL, THE MULA, AND THE TV

JOSÉ MANUEL, LA MULA Y EL TELEVISOR



Elsa Cornevin

Country of production: France, Cuba
Year: 2003
Language: Spanish
Mins: 14

Winner:
Best Biographical Film

The International School of Film and Television (EICTV)
San Antonio de Los Banos, Cuba

Producer: Pedro Díaz
Script: Elsa Cornevin
Cinematography: Elsa Cornevin
Editing: Greta Rodríguez
Sound: Pedro Espinosa, José Luis Garlobo
Music: Raizman Barzaga, Grabación en estudio - Abel García

Print Source: Cornevin, Elsa
42 Rue St Bernard,
75011 Paris, France
Tel: 33.1.44.93.12
e-mail: ecornevin@yahoo.com


After lightening struck the television antenna and interrupted the signal Jose Manuel decided to take matters into his own hands and continue with the program. He takes with him his mule and television set to different local people from the Sierra Maestro and interviews them about their life and the problems in the community. This film is a very comedic look at how one man uses his creativity and humor to produce social change in a small village in Cuba.

Elsa Cornevin is a young French filmmaker who recently graduated from the EICTV in Cuba. She is currently developing her next documentary
project. Her film "Jose Manuel, the Mule and the Television" has been shown at festivals in Portugal, Switzerland and Chile. Elsa's previous work includes the 52 minute documentary "Small Stories in Turkestan".

SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 2005 AT 3.00 PM. / GALLERY THEATRE
SCREENING WITH:
MILKMAN: CAN WE DELIVER?
NOTHING WITH NO ONE
PLANE MAKER
SYMPHONIC EPISODES
SMALL TOWN SECRETS
WHITE CANE AND WHEELS
THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2005 AT 1.00 PM. / GALLERY THEATRE
SCREENING WITH:
MILKMAN: CAN WE DELIVER?
NOTHING WITH NO ONE
PLANE MAKER
SYMPHONIC EPISODES
SMALL TOWN SECRETS
WHITE CANE AND WHEELS