A red haze floats over Staten Island as waste piles up at the Fresh Kills landfill, creating pollution that harms people and animals. The story shows sharp divisions between wealthy diners at a lavish, dark sushi restaurant and have-nots living in tents or crowded apartments. Claire works as a waitress and watches corporate plans unfold over meals she cannot afford, including an expensive dish with exotic fish. She brings home contaminated fish, causing her daughter Honey to glow green, and Honey vanishes. Claire and Shareen panic, then act with help from a sushi chef friend and a dishwasher friend to hack GX Corporation, uncover what happened, and seek justice. The film uses experimental storytelling and non-traditional casting.
"A literal red haze floats in New York's Staten Island sky, as waste piles high in the Fresh Kills landfill. The city is rife with pollution affecting people and animals. This experimental sci-fi film paints clear divisions from the jump, of the haves - who dine at a lavish, extremely dark sushi restaurant - and the have-nots, who while away the hours living in tents or crowded apartments."
"Claire (Erin McMurtry) works as a waitress at the same sushi restaurant where corporate big wigs make big plans that affect her life over meals she can't afford, including a particularly pricey dish featuring the red lips of an exotic fish. She lives a happy life with her partner Shareen (Sarita Choudhury) and their daughter Honey (Nelini Stamp). One day, Claire brings home contaminated fish from work, which makes Honey glow green. She vanishes, sending Shareen and Claire into panic, which turns into action."
"They work with their friends Jiannbin (Abraham Lincoln Lim), a sushi chef, and Miguel (José Zúñiga), a dishwasher, who both work at the restaurant, to hack into the massive and menacing GX Corporation to get justice and find out what happened to their daughter Honey."
"As a deeply independent film with non-traditional casting and a highly experimental approach to storytelling, Fresh Kill never received a wide release, and it barely got a home video release. The film has been exceptionally tricky to see just about anywhere, but that started to shift with a 35mm remaster in 2024, which screened across America. But thanks to Criterion, this radical breath of fresh air is now available in a sparkling Blu-ray that gives the film a new lease on life."
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