Strange Culture (2007)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Lynn Hershman-Leeson

Writer:

Lynn Hershman-Leeson (writer)

Release Date:

5 October 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

A documentary in which actors interpret the legally touchy subject of artist Steve Kurtz, who is being held as a suspected terrorist because of his work.

Plot Keywords:

Reenactment

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Thomas Jay Ryan	...	Himself
Tilda Swinton	...	Hope Kurtz
Peter Coyote	...	Himself
Josh Kornbluth	...	Himself
Steve Kurtz	...	Himself
Shoresh Alaudini	...	Loren
Cassie Powell	...	Lise
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jakob Bokulich	...	FBI Agent
Larissa Clayton	...	Char
Beatriz da Costa	...	Herself
Dr. Susan Leeson	...	Herself
Keith Olbermann	...	Himself
Marcie Prohofsky	...	FBI Agent
Wallace Shawn	...	Himself
Lucia Sommer	...	Herself
Sigrid Sutter	...	Reporter
Nato Thompson	...	Himself
Paul Vanouse	...	Himself
Richard Wenzel	...	FBI Agent

Runtime:

75 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Australia:M | Germany:12

Company:

L5 Productions

A Film/Video That Address Two Vital Issues

At long last. A short,but compelling documentary that blows the lid off of two issues that have been making news of one kind or another: genetically modified foods (or GMO's),and the shoddy treatment of creative artists, in the guise of Homeland Security's usual draconian tactics. One element concerns an artist that was getting an art piece ready for an exhibition, that brought to light the concern of GMO's in our food. The artists wife suffers a heart attack & dies. When the artist phones the police for assistance,they arrive,finding the materials for the exhibit,along with some Arabic writing, and assume that the artist is some kind of a bio terrorist,and promptly arrests him. What follows is will break your heart & anger you. The screening I attended had a member of the ACLU present to answer questions that related to the incident (the court case is still pending).