Fresh Kill
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.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K restoration, supervised and approved by director Shu Lea Cheang and director of photography Jane Castle, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New interviews with Cheang and actor Sarita Choudhury
- New program highlighting the 2024 theatrical rerelease of the film and Cheang’s self-distribution
- Discussion with 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 Cheang, recipient of the organization’s 2024 award for artist achievement
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by artist and technologist Mindy Seu
New cover by Jillian Adel
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K restoration, supervised and approved by director Shu Lea Cheang and director of photography Jane Castle, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New interviews with Cheang and actor Sarita Choudhury
- New program highlighting the 2024 theatrical rerelease of the film and Cheang’s self-distribution
- Discussion with 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 Cheang, recipient of the organization’s 2024 award for artist achievement
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by artist and technologist Mindy Seu
New cover by Jillian Adel
Cast
- Sarita Choudhury
- Shareen Lightfoot
- Erin McMurtry
- Claire Mayakovsky
- Abraham Lim
- Jiannbin Lui
- José Zúñiga
- Miguel Flores
- Nelini Stamp
- Honey Mayakovsky Lightfoot
- Will Kempe
- Stuart Sterling
- Laurie Carlos
- Mimi Mayakovsky
- Rino Thunder
- Clayton Lightfoot
- Robbie McCauley
- Nina Simpson
- Karen Finley
- Bernadette Cherryhome
- George C. Wolfe
- Cat lover
- Ron Vawter
- Roger Bailey
- Kate Valk
- Mother Mary
- Alva Rogers
- Woman in locker
Credits
- Director
- Shu Lea Cheang
- Producer
- Shu Lea Cheang
- Coproducer
- Jennifer Fong
- Screenplay by
- Jessica Hagedorn
- Director of photography
- Jane Castle
- Edited by
- Lauren Zuckerman
- Music by
- Vernon Reid
- Production design
- Nancy Deren
- Costumes
- Candice Donnelly
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A scene from Fresh Kill
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