Strange Culture
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Lynn Hershman Leeson
Shoresh Alaudini
Peter Coyote
Cassie Powell
Steve Kurtz
Tilda Swinton
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Artist and college professor Steve Kurtz was preparing for a MASS MoCA exhibition that lets audiences test whether food has been genetically modified when, days before the opening, his wife tragically died of heart failure. Distraught, Kurtz called 911, but when medics arrived, they became suspicious of his art supplies and called the FBI. Dozens of agents in haz-mat suits sifted through his home and impounded his computers, books, cat, and even his wife's body. The government held Kurtz as a suspected terrorist, and, nearly three years later, the charges have not been dropped. He still faces up to 20 years in prison.
Director
Lynn Hershman Leeson
Cast
Shoresh Alaudini
Peter Coyote
Cassie Powell
Steve Kurtz
Tilda Swinton
Josh Kornbluth
Thomas Jay Ryan
Larissa Clayton
Crew
Steven C Beer
Jennifer Dean
Jessie Fuller
Malina Jampolis
Charlie Kuttner
Unsu Lee
Lynn Hershman Leeson
Lynn Hershman Leeson
Lynn Hershman Leeson
Ben Leon
Lauretta Molitar
Hiro Narita
Dan Olmsted
Loren Smith
Lise Swenson
Lise Swenson
Lise Swenson
Barbara Tomber
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Limited Release in United States October 5, 2007
Released in United States 2007
Released in United States April 2007
Released in United States Fall October 5, 2007
Released in United States February 2007
Released in United States January 2007
Released in United States November 2007
Released in United States November 9, 2007
Released in United States on Video March 25, 2008
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama) February 8-18, 2007.
Shown at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival (Special Presentations) April 19-29, 2007.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (Spotlight) April 26-May 10, 2007.
Shown at Sundance Film Festival (New Frontier) January 18-28, 2007.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Nonfiction Features of 2007) September 27-October 12, 2007.
Released in United States 2007 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (Spotlight) April 26-May 10, 2007.)
Released in United States 2007 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Nonfiction Features of 2007) September 27-October 12, 2007.)
Released in United States January 2007 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (New Frontier) January 18-28, 2007.)
Released in United States February 2007 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama) February 8-18, 2007.)
Released in United States on Video March 25, 2008
Released in United States April 2007 (Shown at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival (Special Presentations) April 19-29, 2007.)
Limited Release in United States October 5, 2007
Released in United States Fall October 5, 2007
Released in United States November 2007 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (Dark Horizons) November 1-11, 2007.)
Released in United States November 9, 2007 (Los Angeles)
