The Union Cinema is excited to work with partners both on and off UWM’s campus to present film festivals and series. These regular events provide a great opportunity to immerse yourself in other languages and cultures or in films around particular topics.
Share the Earth Environmental Film Series
The Union Cinema has been showing films on environmental topics for almost 20 years through the Share the Earth Environmental Film Series.
The Share the Earth Environmental Film Series is a monthly film series that shows documentaries and narrative films that focus on the environment, communities of the world, and our behavior as a species.
Annual African American Film Series
Presented by UWM Sociocultural Programming, the Annual African American Film Series features a variety of films in February in honor of Black History Month and throughout the year. The Annual African American Film Series screens films from all walks of life focused on topics of diversity that are very relevant to modern society.
Annual Festival of Films in French
While much of the world contributed to the creation of motion pictures, many credit French Lumière brothers Auguste and Louis with the creation of films as they are known today. Their Cinematograph became the first true motion picture camera, projector, and printer as would be recognized today, creating the legend of the first every cinema screening with the brothers’ film L’arrivée d’un train en gare de La Ciotat (The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station), a film that legend says had audience members running from the cinema in fear.
The Festival of Films in French pays great homage to France’s film legacy by showcasing new and old films alike in French for all to see.
Annual Latin American Film Series
Latin America produces some of the finest international films that exist today. It is the mission of the Annual Latin American Film Series to present these films to the Milwaukee community, covering a broad a range of genres.
Featuring films of multiple languages and diverse cultures, the Annual Latin American Film Series allows otherwise unseen cinema to be seen at the Union Cinema.
Presented by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
Feminist Underground Film Festival
This annual celebration of female-identifying student filmmakers happens every March around International Women’s Day. In collaboration with the UWM Women’s Resource Center, this student-curated program highlights the work of many students in UWM’s Film program.