In 1994 Romero traveled to Valencia College in Florida to make a short film called Jacaranda Joe It was a reimagined version of a movie hed tried to make in the 70s called The Footage The film is set on a Geraldo Riveralike talk show called Remington on which the sleazy host is discussing footage of a swampdwelling bigfootlike creature that had been captured on video by the TV crew In the aftermath of that footage getting out the town of Jacaranda has become overrun by tourists hunters and filmmakers hoping to find Joe themselves The talk show panel debates whether Joe is real or a hoax with a representative of a local Seminole community who claims to have seen Joe also talking about tribal customs and the cruelty and destruction of white American society The talk show builds to a reveal of the footage of Joe slowed down to give the audience a better look at the creature It ends with Remington teasing further discussion and revelations on the rest of the episode
