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FRESH KILL in 35mm

FRESH KILL in 35mm

Director Shu Lea Cheang in attendance. Post-screening Q&A hosted by Ben Mendelsohn, Assistant Professor in Portland State University's School of Film.

New media visionary Shu Lea Cheang directed this 1994 avant-anarcho eco-satire in which 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 trash.

Director: Shu Lea Cheang
Run time: 80 mins
Format: 35mm

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