FRESH KILL

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Showings

Chauncey -Theater 2 Tue, Oct 24, 2023 7:00 PM
Series Info
Series:Pride at FilmScene
Reel Representation
Scream, Queen!
Film Info
Director:Shu Lea Cheang
Featuring:Sarita Choudhury, Pedro Pietri, Ching Gonzalez
Runtime:80 minutes
Rating:Not Rated
Year Released:1994
Format:DCP
Production Country:USA
Language:English

Description

Presented in partnership with Iowa City Pride and the University of Iowa

"The interaction of a deteriorating environment, burgeoning cyberspace and mounting urban paranoia create a vividly contemporary background for their gentle lesbian love story." —Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

"A collage of ideas that linger between the noir and the sci-fi."—Panos Kotzathanasis, Asian Movie Pulse

A lesbian couple living on Staten Island find themselves ensnared in a vast conspiracy involving a ghost ship of nuclear refuse, ominous television commercials, and deadly cat food. Envisioning New York City as a toxic waste dump of consumerist detritus, Fresh Kill offers a bracing, queer feminist response to the patriarchal poison of corporate capitalism.