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ABEL RAISES CAIN - as seen on LINK TV! |
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Description
"An invigorating and often hysterical look at a gifted comic and the nation of dupes he continues to use as his medium" - SLATE.COM
"Like a reverse Jon Stewart, Abel has been creating fake news...preying on mainstream media's insatiable thirst for the lurid, the perverse, and the wacky" - PBS POV BLOG
"Long before the Yes Men satirized Exxon and Halliburton, and before Ashton Kutcher was born, Alan Abel was the undisputed king of media hoaxers" - UTNE READER
"An affectionate portrait of a gadfly dedicated to lampooning American society's foibles, the laziness of the media and the tendency in all of us to swallow what we really want to believe but shouldn't." - STAR-TRIBUNE
ABEL RAISES CAIN is an unprecedented glimpse into the life and bizarre career of Alan Abel, the infamous underground media prankster who has made a name for himself several times over with stunts that are just ridiculous enough to be believable, especially to a media that feeds on salacious, far-fetched stories. In this loving portrait of an eccentric father, Alan’s daughter, Jenny, tells her firsthand account of what it was like growing up with a prankster. ABEL RAISES CAIN takes the audience on a roller coaster ride through the myriad of elaborate hoaxes and schemes that Abel pulled off over the years, all of which were designed to provoke and amuse...while at the same time, make people question everything that they see, hear and read.
Cast
Alan Abel, Jeanne Abel
Lee Chirillo, hoax accomplice
Frank Murgalo, hoax accomplice
Paul Hiatt, hoax accomplice
Lou Colasuonno, former editor-in-chief NEW YORK POST
Bill Boggs, talk show host
Phil Reisman, newspaper columnist
Festivals
SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary
LONGBAUGH FILM FESTIVAL
BROOKLYN UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL
Grand Jury Award for Best Feature Film
INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL OF BOSTON
HOT DOCS CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
Top Ten Audience Favorites
SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
DOXA DOCUMENTARY FILM + VIDEO FESTIVAL
NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature
WATERFRONT FILM FESTIVAL
SILVERDOCS AFI/DISCOVERY CHANNEL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL
DALLAS VIDEO FESTIVAL
ATHENS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
CAMDEN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
LEIPZIG ANIMATION AND DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
Kinowelt DVD Award
BERGEN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
BETHEL FILM FESTIVAL
ST. LOUIS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
LEEDS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL
Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature
NORWEGIAN DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
LAKE COUNTY FILM FESTIVAL
Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature
AARHUS FESTIVAL OF INDEPENDENT ARTS
Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature
HARDACRE FILM & CINEMA FESTIVAL
Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
MEXICO CITY
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
NEW ZEALAND
GUANGZHOU INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
Production Credits & Notes
Produced by: Jenny Abel
Written, Directed & Edited by: Jenny Abel and Jeff Hockett
Original Music by: Alan Abel
Camera & Sound: Jenny Abel and Jeff Hockett
Additional Camera: Jim LaRock and Travis Topa
Technical Support: Ken Carlson and Troy Morgan
Post Production Advisor: Todd Gilbert
Additional Post Consultant: David Davidson | Solvent Dreams
Art Concepts / Web Design: Tina McCarthy
DVD Author: Nate McFadden
Audio Commentary Recorded & Mixed by: Dean Harada
Legal Counsel: Michael Donaldson
Distribution Strategist: Peter Broderick
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