Haiti
From The Joe Frank Wiki
| Series | |
|---|---|
| In The Dark | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 1993 | |
| Cast | |
| Rick Overton, Paul, Sonya Verdiya, Tucker Smallwood, Irving Gelman, David Rapkin, Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Absurd Monologue, Scripted Actors, Singing 26 minutes | |
| Preceded by: | Prayer |
| Followed by: | A Hearing |
"And all of a sudden something has happened, and I pass out..."
Haiti is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series In The Dark. It was originally broadcast in 1993.
Synopsis
- Swanberg talks about his medical conditions and narrowly avoiding shock treatment.
- Joe describes Haiti's new president: Swanberg.
- Interview with a combat photographer - flour bombings, missing Tiananmen square.
- A woman sings "Witchcraft."
- Interview with a hotel proprietor.
- Papa Doc the benign patriarch.
- Interview with the minister of information about the human body as a metaphor for the country.
Music
- "Marimba Song (Boo Boo's Gone Mambo)" - Laika (from Antenna EP, 1994) | YouTube
- "Witchcraft"
Commentary
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