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Lynn Hershman Leeson’s hybrid documentary Strange Culture examines the case of Steve Kurtz, an artist/activist who was charged as a bioterrorist by the federal government after a makeshift lab with biological specimens was discovered in his home.
Hershman Leeson uses actors (Thomas Jay Ryan as Kurtz, and Tilda Swinton as his deceased wife, Hope) to discuss the case as Kurtz was legally prevented from doing so at the time. Kurtz’s lab was discovered when medics were called to the house when his wife died suddenly from heart failure. Many believe the charges against Kurtz stemmed from his frequent criticism of the US Food and Drug Administration. Kurtz was never indicted; in 2008, a judge dismissed the remaining charges of mail and wire fraud. (75 mins., DCP)
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Strange Culture
