Strange Culture is a 2007 American documentary film directed by Lynn Hershman Leeson and starring Tilda Swinton and Thomas Jay Ryan.

The film examines the case of artist and professor Steve Kurtz, a member of the Critical Art Ensemble (CAE).

After his wife, Hope, died of heart failure, paramedics arrived and became suspicious when they noticed petri dishes and other scientific equipment related to Kurtz's art in his home.

Through a combination of dramatic reenactment, news footage, animation, and testimonials, the film scrutinizes post-9/11 paranoia and suggests that Kurtz was targeted because his work questions government policies.

[2] At the film's close, Kurtz and his long-time collaborator Dr. Robert Ferrell, former chair of the genetics department at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, await a trial date.