Fresh Kill in 35mm (with director Shu Lea Cheang!)
- Wednesday, Oct 9, 2024, 7:30pm
30th anniversary! New 35mm print with director Shu Lea Cheang in attendance!
FRESH KILL is a highly stylized and satirical attack on neo-liberal reality. The child of a young lesbian couple living on Staten Island mysteriously vanishes after consuming radiated fish. The battle to find the missing child and the culprits responsible for the disappearance is joined by a group of cyber-warriors. Everyone finds themselves ensnared in a vast conspiracy involving a ghost ship of nuclear refuse, ominous media messages, and deadly cat food!
This presentation is part of a 20-city road trip across America in which Shu Lea Cheang is traveling with a new 35mm print of her film, accompanied by two young filmmakers, Los Angeles-based Jean-Paul Jones and New Orleans-based Jazz Franklin. Read more about this 30th anniversary tour, the movie, the print, and the filmmakers in the official press release here.
Named one of “The 100 Greatest New York City Artworks” – Alex Greenberger, ARTnews
“Fresh Kill, a celebration of multicultural diversity with as much humor as seriousness, suggests that love may be the only defense in a world whose existence is endangered by conglomerates, ever expanding and polluting the mind as well as the planet.” Kevin Thomas, The Los Angeles Times