Red Noir

Red Noir

You want to walk around with so much karma? Forget it. Maybe I'm not your woman.

2009 · 10 min · Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller

A Buddhist anarchist detective thriller set in the shadows of the Lower East Side of New York City. Many greedy hands close a black market deal; a glamorous detective pursues a corporate agent with values containing danger; a rogue lab technician follows them with values containing hope; a chorus of anarchists brings sanity and peace to a world of strife and struggle. A drama of technology, erotics... and politics.

Directed by Judith Malina · Written by Anne Waldman

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