“If a parrot can remember what happens in an abusive home, imagine a child,” the super reads, before giving some stark statistics about violence against children. This ad may seem humorous at the start, but soon the parrots cursing takes a more sinister tone when you realize that they are copying abusive behaviour. This PSA has been released in tandem with Unicef’s new global report on violence against children.
Client: Unicef
Priyanka Pruthi: Senior Producer
Spot Title: Cursing Parrots
Creative Agency: Grey New York
Worldwide Chief Creative Officer: John Patroulis
Deputy Chief Creative Officer: Rob Lenois
Deputy Chief Creative Officer: Jeff Stamp
Group Creative Director: Marco Pupo
Group Creative Director: João Coutinho
Creative Director/ AD: Leo Barbosa
Creative Director/ Writer: Cuanan Cronwright
SVP Account Director: Liz Gilchrist
Production Agency: Townhouse
Townhouse Head of Integrated Production: James McPherson
Townhouse Exec. Integrated Producer Jan Zislin
Townhouse Integrated Producer : Ranelle Fowler
Townhouse Audio Engineer: Matt Baker
Production Company NYC: Catch and Release
Content Producer: Ross Dabrow
Chief of Content: Greg Sylvester
Head of Clearances & Acquisitions: Brent Lovell
Senior Clearance Lead: Kelli Cline
Clearance Specialists: Zoe Ani, Jordan Vail
Curation Director: Liz Mandeville