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Piratkino presenterer: Strange Culture
torsdag 27. november kl. 19:00 på Humla
Strange Culture (2007) av Lynn Hershman Leeson.
Wikipedia sier:
“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.
As Kurtz could not legally talk about the case, the film uses actors to interpret the story, as well as interviews with Kurtz and other figures involved in the case. Through a combination of dramatic reenactment, news footage, animation, and testimonials, the film scrutinizes post-9/11 paranoia and suggests that Kurtz was targeted because his work questions government policies. At the film’s close, Kurtz and his long-time collaborator Dr. Robert Ferrell, former chair of the Genetics Department at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, await a trial date.
As of late May, 2008, the Buffalo Prosecutor has declined to reopen the case within the 30 day window in which he was allowed to do so. So, Steve Kurtz is free.”
Om Klimakino:
Klimatoppmøtet i desember nærmer seg, men utsiktene for en avtale som kan hindre klimaendringene er dystre. Å overlate fremtiden til politikerne kan bli katastrofalt. Sosiale bevegelser over hele verden kommer til København i desember, for å skape grunnlaget for en rettferdig klimapolitikk som stopper utslippene.
Klimakino viser filmer om de sosiale konsekvensene av klimaendringer og feilslått klimapolitikk, men også om sosiale bevegelser som gir håp om en annen fremtid. Klimakino er film for deg som vil være med å kjempe for en annen fremtid, i København i desember og i Oslo resten av året.
Visningene starter kl19 og er gratis.