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Beatriz da Costa, Cassie Powell, Josh Kornbluth, Larissa Clayton, Peter Coyote ...( see more  see more... ) , Shoresh Alaudini , Steve Kurtz , Thomas Jay Ryan , Tilda Swinton

Artist and college professor Steve Kurtz was preparing for a MASS MoCA exhibition that lets audiences test whether food has been genetically modified when, days before the opening, his wife tragically...( read more  read more... ) died of heart failure. Distraught, Kurtz called 911, but when medics arrived, they became suspicious of his art supplies and called the FBI. Dozens of agents in haz-mat suits sifted through his home and impounded his computers, books, cat, and even his wife's body. The government held Kurtz as a suspected terrorist, and, nearly three years later, the charges have not been dropped. He still faces up to 20 years in prison.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 15 min.

Directed by: Lynn Hershman Leeson, Lynn Hershman-Leeson

Release Date: October 5, 2007

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DVD Release Date: March 25, 2008

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  • FlyingSolo2009
    May 28, 2008
    FlyingSolo2009
    I just can't bring myself to watch this.
  • MECreviews
    March 24, 2008
    MECreviews
    This movie had potential, but fell through the cracks. To bad.

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April 26, 2007
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

Filmmaker Lynn Hershman Leeson spins an essay on art, government, play-acting, and paranoia; it's easily her best film yet. full review

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