Strawberry Mansion
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1h 31m
Directed by Kentucker Audley and Albert Birney | 91 mins | 2021
In the near future of Kentucker Audley and Albert Birney’s psychedelic sci-fi adventure, mild-mannered Dream Auditor James Preble (played by Audley) gets in way over his head when he’s sent on assignment to the eponymous Strawberry Mansion. Romance, government conspiracy, and a pet tortoise named Sugar Baby are just the beginning of this heartfelt kaleidoscopic trip, which was shot digitally and converted to 16mm.
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