Slamdance - Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary; Brooklyn Underground Film Festival - Best Feature Award; Newport International Film Festival - Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary; Sarasota Film Festival - Audience Award for Best Documentary; Hot Docs - Audience Voted one of the Top Ten Favorites; Hardacre Film Festival - Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary; Lake County Film Festival - Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary; AFIA Denmark - Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary
Festivals
Slamdance, Longbaugh, Brooklyn Underground, Independent Film Festival of Boston, Hotdocs, San Francisco International, DOXA, Newport International, Waterfront, Silverdocs, Dallas Video Festival, Camden International, Leipzig, Lost Film Festival, Bergen International, Bethel, Leeds International, St. Louis International, Sarasota....
Our documentary premieres on US television this week. If you have Satellite access, please check it out on Link TV. It's airing on:
- November 16th, 2008 at 11:00 pm EST
- November 26th, 2008 at 6:00 am EST
- November 29th, 2008 at 8:00 pm EST
- November 30th, 2008 at 12:00 pm EST
Link TV is available on:
CHANNEL 375 on DirecTV
CHANNEL 9410 on DISH Network
PLEASE visit [ http://www.linktv.org/programs/abel ] for PROGRAM DETAILS and local listings!
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ABEL RAISES CAIN made it into the FROM HERE TO AWESOME showcase!
Please stay tuned as our movie will soon be coming to a theater, living room, computer, and / or mobile device near you. The festival kicks off July 26th in Los Angeles with stops in New York, San Francisco, Boston and London. The goal is to create a direct connection between audience and filmmaker. We're pretty excited about this, because it means that more people will learn about my dad's story and the movie. This is our submission video to From Here to Awesome:
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My dad is Alan Abel, the notorious media prankster. I like to describe him as lovable, yet slightly demented. You'll see why after watching the movie. But you can get a glimpse of my father's weirdness in the trailer that Jeff and I edited...
Add to My Profile | More Videos Long before Borat hauled his mustachioed mischief across the Western Hemisphere, Alan Abel was giving interviews in the guise of ridiculous characters and whipping the world into an outraged lather. Abel uses the media to lampoon the media—he is, technically speaking, a culture jammer, though he isn't pretentious enough to describe himself that way.
In his eyes, he's just an old-fashioned hoaxer who gets a kick out of watching people make much ado about nothing. Abel's mock-moral crusade "Citizens Against Breastfeeding" stirred controversy in the late 1990s, just as his "Society for Indecency to Naked Animals" had in the 1960s. Both groups made asinine calls for morality in America, and while both were complete jokes, for long stretches the only one in on the jokes was Abel himself and whomever he had brought along for the ride.
From time to time, that "whomever" was his daughter, Jenny. ABEL RAISES CAIN is Jenny's film, and it is as much a biography of her father as it is an exploration of her family life. What was it like to be raised by a man who always had a trick up his sleeve, and whose tricks always brought the media vultures swirling? Jenny was ostensibly in on the jokes, but, as we see in this oddly poignant film, it was never easy being raised by the one throwing the punch lines.
Thanx for the add & support KASBAH ROCKERS WITH BILL LASWELL feat. Maghrebika, Amira Saqati, B-Net Marrakech, Dar Beida 04, Makale and more , out now on iTunes with two exclusive bonus remixes.
It's Great to have you ABEL RAISES CAIN as a friend, Hope you enjoyed watching our Movie trailer of Resurrection Mary. Release date is August 26th out every where on DVD The New web site is now up
Thanks for adding The Official “Trial by Self” Myspace page!!! “Trial by Self” is a psychological suspense thriller of a different sort. Whether you are looking for action, violence and suspense or you want to be moved watching smaller personal struggles, this movie will have it and nothing will ever feel out of place. It is currently in post production and the editing process will begin in 3 months. After many months of editing we intend on touring the festival/market circuit. After this, we are aiming for it to be picked up for limited theatrical release. Be one of the first people to be “in the know” about what will one day be a cinematic cult sensation! Message us to learn more!
Jenny and Jeff - your film got a HUGE reaction at the Hardacre Film and Cinema Festival last weekend. The first standing ovation I've seen in my four years volunteering there.
Congrats. Thank your dad for presenting in person. He was great.
