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Strange Culture

Features

Life Into Art: Strange Culture and the Measure of Documentary Film

By Shaun Huston

Strange Culture is a critical entry point into the current discussion of what makes a documentary a documentary, most notably because it announces its own subjectivity in a clear and provocative way. [14 August 2008]

Reviews

Strange Culture

By Cynthia Fuchs

Strange Culture presents Kurtz's bizarre legal and political predicament within layers of context, having to do with fears of terrorism and art, the Patriot Act and U.S. prosecutorial zealousness. [9 October 2007]

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