A maverick indie director returns to the Wex with her classic queer feminist take on the evils of corporate capitalism.
Join Taiwanese-born, new media trailblazer Shu Lea Cheang for a showing of the new restoration of her 1994 debut feature, Fresh Kill. When their daughter disappears, lesbian parents Shareen (Mississippi Masala’s Sarita Choudhury) and Claire (Erin McMurtry) discover an evil corporation is poisoning people with toxic food. To fight back, they must go on the run and turn to a network of activists and hackers to find their child. Cheang combines elements of horror and satire into an eco-feminist critique of the dangers of global capitalism. A Q&A with the director and Rasel Ahmed, assistant professor of Theater, Film, and Media Arts at Ohio State, follows the screening. (80 mins., 35mm)
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Fresh Kill, courtesy of the filmmaker.
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FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
National Endowment for the Arts
Ohio Humanities
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Rohauer Collection Foundation
WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
Greater Columbus Arts Council
The Wexner Family
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Mellon Foundation
Every Page Foundation
Ohio Arts Council, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts
CampusParc
Nationwide Foundation
Ohio State’s Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme
The Columbus Foundation
Axium Packaging
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Ohio State Energy Partners
Ohio History Fund/Ohio History Connection
David Crane and Elizabeth Dang
Melissa Gilliam and William Grobman
Rebecca Perry Damsen and Ben Towle
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