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Janus Films
Directed by: Shu Lea Cheang
Featuring: Sarita Choudhury, Erin McMurtry, Abraham Lim, José Zúñiga, Nelini Stamp, Will Kempe, Laurie Carlos, Rino Thunder, Robbie McCauley, Karen Finley, George C. Wolfe, Ron Vawter, Kate Valk, Alva Rogers
A disturbingly prescient ecofeminist parable and a brain-wave-scrambling cyberpunk fantasia, the debut feature from new-media pioneer Shu Lea Cheang merges a bold vision of resistance with an exuberant early-internet aesthetic. In a dystopian-chic New York where sushi joints and toxic-waste sites exist side by side, a lesbian couple (Sarita Choudhury and Erin McMurtry) turn to the hacker underground to solve their daughter’s disappearance, in the process exposing a conspiracy involving corporate greenwashing and tainted fish. Swinging between outré satire and agitprop, Fresh Kill sounds the alarm about a capitalist system that pollutes everything from our waterways to our bodies to our minds.
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Format:
Blu-ray
Disc:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85:1
Audio Options:
English DTS-HD MA Surround 2.0
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Interview, Featurette, Q&A, Video Presentation, Insert
- New interviews with Shu Lea Cheang and actor Sarita Choudhury
- New program highlighting the 2024 theatrical rerelease of the film and Cheang’s self-distribution
- Discussion with Shu Lea Cheang for the film’s thirtieth anniversary, moderated by scholar Jigna Desai, and presented by the Carsey-Wolf Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara
- LG Guggenheim Art and Technology Initiative profile of Shu Lea Cheang, recipient of the organization’s 2024 award for artist achievement
- An essay by artist and technologist Mindy Seu
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