Strange Culture

Release Date: 2007-02-09

Overview: 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.

Rating: 4.7 / 10

Cast

Tilda Swinton

as Hope Kurtz

Thomas Jay Ryan

as Steve Kurtz

Josh Kornbluth

as Self

Peter Coyote

as Self

Steve Kurtz

as Self