"Forsberg's film is thoughtful and beautifully handled." — Time Magazine
Directed by Rolf Forsberg, Tom Rook
Commissioned by the New York City Protestant Council of Churches for their 1964 World's Fair pavilion, Parable, with its European art house sensibilities, was highly controversial for daring to utilize allegory in depicting "Christ as a clown." Despite threats of violence and protests against the short, audiences and critics embraced the powerful work, with Newsweek proclaiming it "very probably the best film of the fair."
Screenwriter: R. Forsberg. Cast: Clarence Mitchell, Madhur Jaffrey, Saeed Jaffrey.
16mm, color, 20 min.
