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Art, Fear Collide in New Documentary "Strange Culture" ; Special L.A. Screening Nov. 9-15
Friday, November 9, 2007 — Thursday, November 15, 2007
'Strange Culture' documents the precedent-setting legal battle of Steve Kurtz, a founding member of an internationally-acclaimed art and theater group detained in 2004 as a "bioterrorist." Lynn Hershman Leeson’s new film probes the intersection of art, fear, and the First Amendment.
The movie will run Friday, November 9 to Thursday, November 15 at the Laemmle Grande in Downtown L.A. Mention the ACLU and get a discount $6 ticket.
About "Strange Culture": While Kurtz was working on an exhibition for the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in 2004, his wife, Hope, tragically died in her sleep of heart failure. Kurtz called 911, but when medics police arrived, they became suspicious of his art supplies and called the FBI. Within hours, federal agents in HAZMAT suits were sifting through his home and impounded his computers, books, cat, and even his wife’s body.
The New Yorker says "Strange Culture" offers a "study in First Amendment Rights" and "underscores the confusion, overreaching desperation, and general cluelessness of the government's response to 9/11."
The movie stars Tilda Swinton ("The Chronicles of Narnia," "Broken Flowers"), Peter Coyote ("Femme Fatale"), Thomas Jay Ryan ("Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"), Josh Kornbluth ("Teknolust") and Steve Kurtz.
Writes Film Threat: “Strange Culture is an important heads-up to what is going on in our country right now in the name of national security, and a brilliant statement on artistic freedom and the dangers it faces. This film should be seen, should be discussed and is an important document on our times.”
Visit the "Strange Culture" website to see the trailer now:
WHAT: New documentary "Strange Culture" on art, fear and the First Amendment to screen in L.A.
WHEN: Friday, Nov. 9 to Thursday, Nov. 15
WHERE: Laemmle Grande
345 S. Figueroa St.
Downtown Los Angeles 90071
213-617-0268
HOW MUCH: Special $6 tickets if you mention the ACLU
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