Strange Culture

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.

Cast

Tilda Swinton

Played Hope Kurtz
Thomas Jay Ryan

Played Steve Kurtz
Josh Kornbluth

Played Self
Peter Coyote

Played Self
Steve Kurtz

Played Self
Shoresh Alaudini

Played Loren
Cassie Powell

Played Lise
Jakob Bokulich

Played FBI Agent
Gregg Bordowitz

Played Self - Artist / CAE …
Larissa Clayton

Played Char
Beatriz da Costa

Played Self
Susan Leeson

Played Self (as Dr. Susan L…
Jennifer Noland

Played Art Student
Keith Olbermann

Played Self
Marcie Prohofsky

Played FBI Agent
Wallace Shawn

Played Self
Lucia Sommer

Played Self
Sigrid Sutter

Played Reporter
Nato Thompson

Played Self
Paul Vanouse

Played Self
Richard Wenzel

Played FBI Agent
Jeff Bredt

Played Federal Prosecutor (…

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