A carnival owner flees God—only to find salvation wears wooden shoes.
In what could easily pass as a Twilight Zone episode, this film shows what happens when a troubled carnival owner returns back to his childhood home to escape God. Films like this would be shown to adult church groups to stimulate discussion - such as “was this man being stalked by Jesus in wooden shoes?”.
Direction
Forsberg crafts genuine unease on shoestring budget
Production
Carnival grime meets sacred surrealism
Acting
Hawkins sells cosmic dread in 29 minutes
Director
Rolf Forsberg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of 1960s 'Christian avant-garde' movement using experimental film for ministry.
Saeed Jaffrey later became first Indian actor in British Equity; this was early career oddity.
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