Strange Culture
75 mins
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.
Steve Kurtz
Self
Shoresh Alaudini
Loren
Cassie Powell
Lise
Jakob Bokulich
FBI Agent
Gregg Bordowitz
Self - Artist / CAE Defense Fund
Larissa Clayton
Char
Beatriz da Costa
Self
Susan Leeson
Self (as Dr. Susan Leeson)
Jennifer Noland
Art Student
Marcie Prohofsky
FBI Agent
Lucia Sommer
Self
Nato Thompson
Self
Paul Vanouse
Self
Richard Wenzel
FBI Agent
Jeff Bredt
Federal Prosecutor (uncredited)
Ben Leon
Production Design
Lauretta Molitor
Sound
Kristi Stephens Adams
Unit Production Manager
Jennifer Dean
Casting