Strange Culture

Strange Culture

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 9, 2007

Runtime

1h 15m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

47%

Original Title

Strange Culture

Production Companies

L5 Productions

Director

Lynn Hershman-Leeson

Description

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.