FILM SCREENING: SANKOFA Saturday, Feb. 26th | Oriental Theatre | 4 p.m. screening; 6 p.m. post-screening conversation To celebrate the re-opening of America’s Black Holocaust Museum (ABHM), Black Lens teams up with Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY to screen a remastered version... Read More
FILM SCREENING:THE LOYOLA PROJECT (MILWAUKEE PREMIERE) Thursday, Feb. 24 | Oriental Theatre | 6:30 p.m. In 1963, at the height of the civil rights movement, the Loyola Ramblers of Chicago broke racial barriers on their way to a national champion-... Read More
FILM SCREENING: “FAMILY MATTERS” SHORT FILMS PROGRAM Saturday, Feb. 19th | Oriental Theatre | 1 p.m. An award-winning collection of short films chosen with kids and par- ents in mind, our inaugural family-friendly shorts program features intergenerational themes appropriate for... Read More
FILM SCREENING: WHO WE ARE: A CHRONICLE OF RACISM IN AMERICA Thursday, Feb. 17th | Oriental Theatre | 7 p.m. Winner of multiple awards—including the 2021 Milwaukee Film Festival Audience Award—Who We Are intertwines lecture, personal anecdotes, interviews, and shocking... Read More
EVENT: “THE HONEST TRUTH” WITH SHELAH MARIE AND DR. KRISTEN WARNER Saturday, Feb. 12th | Dandy | 7 p.m. Known for her role on the VH1 reality show Love & Hip Hop, Shelah Marie is the founder/CEO of The Curvy,... Read More
FILM SCREENING: CITIZEN ASHE Saturday, Feb. 12th | Oriental Theatre | 1:30 p.m. Filmmakers Sam Pollard and Rex Miller chart the evolution of tennis legend Arthur Ashe—still the only Black man to win singles champion- ships at Wimbledon, the U.S.... Read More
FILM SCREENING: “BLACK LOVE THROUGH A BLACK LENS” SHORT FILMS PROGRAM Thursday, Feb. 10th | Oriental Theatre | 6:30 p.m. This popular short films program centers accurate representations of loving, yet complicated Black familial and intimate partner relationships.
FILM SCREENING: THE ONE AND ONLY DICK GREGORY Saturday, Feb. 5th | Oriental Theatre | 4 p.m. Directed by Andre Gaines, The One and Only Dick Gregory is a fea- ture-length documentary examining activist, pop-culture icon, and thought leader Dick... Read More
FILM SCREENING: ZOLA Thursday, Feb. 3rd | Oriental Theatre | 6:30 p.m. Directed by rising writer-filmmaker Janicza Bravo, Zola is based on a 2015 viral Twitter thread posted by A’ziah King. In this true-life tale of a Detroit waitress, seduced... Read More
February 6 - 29, 2020 In honor of Black History Month, Milwaukee Film's Black Lens program presents a month-long series of films and events at Milwaukee's Oriental Theatre from Feb. 6th - 29th, 2020. For tickets, please visit MKEFILM.ORG/BHM. Ori