Abel Raises Cain

Long before Borat, The Yes Men and Jon Stewart, there was Alan Abel, the legendary media prankster and culture jammer who has spent a lifetime pulling off elaborate stunts and satirical pranks that are JUST ridiculous enough to be believable, especially to a media that feeds on salacious, far-fetched stories. After a half-century of creating fake news and riling up the masses with his outlandish crusades, Alan's story is brought to light for the first time by his daughter, Jenny Abel, along with co-director, Jeff Hockett, in their award-winning documentary debut, ABEL RAISES CAIN.

In this hilarious and unflinching portrait, Jenny tells her personal account of what it was like growing up with a lovable but slightly demented father and takes a glimpse behind-the-scenes at many of the crazy hoaxes and schemes that Abel concocted over the years, all of which were designed to provoke and amuse...while making people question everything that they see, hear and read.

Hailed as "a humorous and highly personal documentary" by the Los Angeles Times, and "a fun and fascinating look at an American original" by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, SLATE calls ABEL RAISES CAIN "an invigorating and often hysterical look at a gifted comic and the nation of dupes he continues to use as his medium."

*This DVD also features Bonus Scenes, Featurette, Rare 16mm Footage of Alan Abel, Audio Commentary with Cast and Crew and English Captions on the Feature, accessible via remote control.  more