| Jacaranda Joe | |
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| Directed by | George A. Romero |
| Written by | George A. Romero |
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Running time | 17 minutes [1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Jacaranda Joe is a 1994 American short film written and directed by George A. Romero.
Initially conceived in the 1970s as The Footage, the film's was about reality television show in which a famous athlete learns to hunt and accidentally discovers a community of bigfoot. [2]
That version of the story would be about the filming of the television show [1] whereas the retooled version that became Jacaranda Joe was a "proto-found footage movie" [1] in documentary style [3] which would feature a leaked clip from a television show similar to the one from The Footage. [1]
Filmed at Valencia College in Florida [1] over ten days [2] it had a cast and crew of students, faculty, and local industry professionals. [2] It was the first film that Romero shot entirely outside of Pittsburgh. [4]
The short film has never been publicly screened [4] although a VHS copy of the workprint exists [5] as well as six reels of camera negatives. [6]