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Film Screening of Maksym Osa

Virtual/Online Event Link will be provided, Milwaukee, WI, United States

A Ukrainian film production that was interrupted by the Russian invasions in 2014 and again in 2022, Maksym Osa is a fantasy thriller set in the 1600s, yet deeply resonant with the present. Here, the contemporary tenacity of Ukrainians in …

Free

The Rise of Right-Wing Comedy

UWM Curtin Hall, Room 368 3243 North Downer Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

That's Not Funny: How the Right Makes Comedy Work for Them argues that it is both an intellectual and politically strategic mistake to assume that comedy has a liberal bias. Right-wing comedy has been hiding in plain sight, finding its …

Free

Home Movie Day

UWM Mitchell Hall, Room B91 3203 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Attendees are invited to bring home movies in the form of 8mm, Super 8mm, 16mm, VHS, Mini-DV, or digital files, have the materials inspected/repaired by UWM volunteers, and then screened with an audience while the owner narrates. Throughout the day, …

Free

The Many Mrs. Maisels – The History of Jewish Female Stand-Up Comedians

UWM Golda Meir Library, 4th Floor Conference Center 2311 East Hartford Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Before The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, there was a long history of Jewish female comedians, standing up and speaking out. Although stand-up comedy is often described as a ‘boys’ club,’ the truth is that there have always been influential women on …

Free

Song of a Dying Summer (逝く夏の歌) – Film Screening

UWM Union Cinema 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Milwaukee Premiere! Natsu spends a last summer alongside his friends, Aki, Fuyu and Haru, while writing a stage play to commemorate their time together. Shot entirely on 8mm film, Kohei Sengen’s feature-length debut, with its grainy images steeped in muted …

$5