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DESCRIPTION:Strange Culture Opens Friday 9/21 \nLynn Hershman Leeson’s strikingly 
 unconventional documentary concerns the ongoing legal case of Steve Kurtz, 
 an artist, activist and art professor who was arrested as a bioterrorist. 
 In 2004 Kurtz was preparing an art exhibition on the hot-button topic of 
 genetically modified food, when his wife Hope died suddenly of heart 
 failure. Paramedics called in the FBI when they saw Petri dishes containing 
 bacteria Kurtz had ordered over the Internet. With a federal case in 
 progress, and Kurtz himself unable to discuss certain topics, the film 
 employs actors- Thomas Jay Ryan as Steve and Tilda Swinton as Hope- to 
 explore the issues, both as their characters and as themselves. This 
 experimental approach, which also casts Peter Coyote and Josh Kornbluth in 
 roles, is dynamic and effective in illuminating the vital issues. Strange 
 Culture makes a persuasive case that the charges against Kurtz are 
 motivated by two agendas: the powerful food industry’s investment in GMF, 
 and the Justice Department’s expansion of power over free expression. At 
 the film’s Sundance premiere this year, Variety wrote: “Younger 
 filmmakers should be looking to Hershman Leeson for lessons on how to 
 reinvent old forms while at the same time telling an urgently topical 
 story.” Music: The Residents. Camera: Hiro Narita. 
 Editor/Writer/Director: Lynn Hershman Leeson. (US 2007) 75 min. Call 
 theater at 415-454-1222 for show times.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/09/07/18446217.php
SUMMARY:Strange Culture
LOCATION:Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, CA 94901
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/09/07/18446217.php
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