project film school

a trip to the theater! : strange culture (directed by lynn hersman-leeson)

in an effort to change things up : VIDEO!

this was taken at the human rights watch film festival at the june 18 screening of strange culture: the film highlights the recent events of artist steve kurtz. kurtz was preparing for an exhibition which would allow participants to test food for the presence of GMOs, scheduled to appear at the MMOCA in 2004, his wife tragically died from heart failure. distraught he called 911, but when the medics arrived and saw the scientific materials for the exhibition—all legally purchased—they called the FBI. dozens of agents in haz-mat suits searched his home, impounded his computers, books, cat, and even his wife's body, and held kurtz as a suspected bio-terrorist. three years later, kurtz has been released, but he still faces up to 20 years in prison on mail and wire fraud charges relating to his acquisition of materials for the art exhibit.

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