Strange Culture

(2007)

★ 4.7 IMDb · 6 votes

Genres: Documentary

Year: 2007

Runtime: 75 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Lynn Hershman-Leeson

Cast: Тильда Суинтон, Томас Джей Райан, Josh Kornbluth, Питер Койот, Steve Kurtz, Shoresh Alaudini, Cassie Powell, Jakob Bokulich, Gregg Bordowitz, Larissa Clayton

Plot

The film examines the case of artist and professor Steve Kurtz, a member of the Critical Art Ensemble (CAE). The work of Kurtz and other CAE members dealt with genetically modified food and other issues of science and public policy. After his wife, Hope, died of heart failure, paramedics arrived and became suspicious when they noticed petri dishes and other scientific equipment related to Kurtz's art in his home. They summoned the FBI, who detained Kurtz within hours on suspicion of bioterrorism.