Strange Culture
2007 | 75m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | Lynn Hershman-Leeson |
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| Writer: | Lynn Hershman-Leeson |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 09, 2007 |
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| Director: | Lynn Hershman-Leeson |
| Writer: | Lynn Hershman-Leeson |
| Genres: | Documentary |
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| Production Companies | L5 Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Tilda Swinton | Hope Kurtz |
| Thomas Jay Ryan | Steve Kurtz |
| Josh Kornbluth | Self |
| Peter Coyote | Self |
| Steve Kurtz | Self |
| Shoresh Alaudini | Loren |
| Cassie Powell | Lise |
| Jakob Bokulich | FBI Agent |
| Gregg Bordowitz | Self - Artist / CAE Defense Fund |
| Larissa Clayton | Char |
| Beatriz da Costa | Self |
| Susan Leeson | Self (as Dr. Susan Leeson) |
| Jennifer Noland | Art Student |
| Keith Olbermann | Self |
| Marcie Prohofsky | FBI Agent |
| Wallace Shawn | Self |
| Lucia Sommer | Self |
| Sigrid Sutter | Reporter |
| Nato Thompson | Self |
| Paul Vanouse | Self |
| Richard Wenzel | FBI Agent |
| Jeff Bredt | Federal Prosecutor (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Lynn Hershman-Leeson | Writer, Director, Editor |
| Hiro Narita | Director of Photography |
| Jennifer Dean | Casting |
| Ben Leon | Production Design |
| Kristi Stephens Adams | Unit Production Manager |
| Lauretta Molitor | Sound |
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| 2025 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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