A personal-voice documentary
about the relationship
between the filmmaker and his uncle, a career criminal
between the filmmaker and his uncle, a career criminal
A story that ends up
on America's Most Wanted
and in Judge Lance Ito's courtroom
and in Judge Lance Ito's courtroom
...the most powerful
personal documentary I have seen
since the award-winning SILVERLAKE LIFE
-Robert Hawk
since the award-winning SILVERLAKE LIFE
-Robert Hawk
THE POET AND THE CON is a powerful, provocative, personal documentary about the relationship between the filmmaker, a poet/performance artist, and his uncle, a professional criminal and confessed murderer. Told in a first person, narrative style and focusing on two close members of the same middle class Jewish family, THE POET AND THE CON explores the themes of family, crime, morality and personal redemption.
