Strange Culture

Strange Culture

75 mins | Documentary | Feb. 9, 2007

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.

Strange Culture

75 mins | Documentary | Feb. 9, 2007

Strange Culture
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.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers L5 Productions
Original title Strange Culture
Directors Lynn Hershman-Leeson
Writers Lynn Hershman-Leeson

Cast

Tilda Swinton

as Hope Kurtz

Thomas Jay Ryan

as Steve Kurtz

Josh Kornbluth

as Self

Peter Coyote

as Self

Steve Kurtz

as Self

Shoresh Alaudini

as Loren

Cassie Powell

as Lise

Jakob Bokulich

as FBI Agent

Gregg Bordowitz

as Self - Artist / CAE Defense Fund

Larissa Clayton

as Char

Susan Leeson

as Self (as Dr. Susan Leeson)

Jennifer Noland

as Art Student

Keith Olbermann

as Self

Marcie Prohofsky

as FBI Agent

Wallace Shawn

as Self

Lucia Sommer

as Self

Sigrid Sutter

as Reporter

Nato Thompson

as Self

Paul Vanouse

as Self

Richard Wenzel

as FBI Agent

Jeff Bredt

as Federal Prosecutor (uncredited)