ANA DE JESUS

A short film

Ana De Jesus

director-producer:

Helen Miller

production company:

Miller Miller

the stories of:

Ana de Jesús
Navas Matute

camera/sound:

Helen Miller

subtitles:

Liana Trujillo

thanks:

Hato Pinero, Venezuela

running time:

5'

film/video:

8mm film

completion:

1995

©

HELEN UNDERWOOD MILLER

Screening

Cinewomen, UK
St Johns International Film Festival, Newfoundland

Synopsis

It's the dry season and it's hot in Ana de Jesús's kitchen. She's the cook at Hato Pinero, an isolated ranch in Los Llanos, the wide plains of the Orinoco valley. The river is at its lowest and the jungle is dry as a bone. As she cooks and cleans she tells stories provoked by the memory of water; extraordinary tales of instinct and survival that are part of life and death in this wilderness.

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