FRESH KILL (1994)

Eco Cyber Noia.

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.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 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