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Film/Screening
The 29th Annual Festival of Films in French
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesFilm Festival // Free For Everyone! The Festival of Films in French returns this February with an array of contemporary and classic fiction, animation and documentary films that attend to their very form and explore notions of care, restoration and …
Tiana’s Table: An Interactive Movie Night
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesJoin us for a magical night down in New Orleans at Tiana's Table! We’re screening Disney’s The Princess and the Frog—and whenever food appears on screen, you’ll be served the same iconic dishes featured in the film—warm beignets, rich gumbo, …
Portrait of Jason
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesDocumentary On December 2, 1966, director Shirley Clarke and a miniscule film crew gathered in her apartment at the Hotel Chelsea. Bestowed for twelve hours with the one-and-only Jason Holliday, Clarke confronted the iconic performer about his good times and …
Drylongso
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesA lost treasure of 1990s DIY filmmaking, Cauleen Smith’s Drylongso embeds an incisive look at racial injustice within a lovingly handmade buddy movie/murder mystery/ romance. Alarmed by the rate at which the young Black men around her are dying—indeed, “becoming …
Vingt Dieux (Holy Cow)
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesAfter the tragic death of his father, 18 year-old Totone finds himself with daunting new responsibilities, looking after his younger sister and their failing family farm in the Jura region of France. He takes on yet another challenge when he …
Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot (Meeting With Pol Pot)
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesDemocratic Kampuchea (Cambodia) – 1978. Three journalists are invited by the Khmer Rouge to conduct an exclusive interview with the regime’s leader, Pol Pot. The country seems idyllic, but behind the Potemkin village presented to the journalists, the Khmer Rouge …
Le sang et la boue (Of Mud and Blood)
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesNumbi, a village in the Democratic Republic of Congo mountains, lies at the heart of our modern world. Here, workers mine the coltan that will find its way, legally or not, into much of our technology. For decades this grey …
Dounia, le grand pays blanc (Dounia, the Great White North)
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesNow settled in Canada after fleeing Syria in Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo (FFF2024), Dounia and her grandparents slowly get to know the new home that has welcomed them: its intense seasons, its special foods, its languages. Dounia’s grandparents keep their …
Godard, seul le cinéma (Godard Cinema)
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesJean-Luc Godard is synonymous with cinema. With the release of Breathless in 1960, he established himself overnight as a cinematic rebel and a symbol for the era’s progressive and anti-war youth. One of the founders of the French New Wave, a political …
Experimental Tuesdays Presents: From the Archive
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesCurated by MFA candidates from the Department of Film, Video, Animation and New Genres, these programs feature a unique opportunity to see some of the incredible 16mm prints from the UWM Cinema Arts Archive. The Cinema Arts Archive now contains over 400 essential works on 16mm film, and a handful on 35mm, from a range of historic and contemporary cinema. This unique and expansive archive continues to preserve, grow, and reflect the ever-evolving landscape of avant-garde film—representing a commitment to the past, present, and future of the medium. Alongside giants like Hollis Frampton, Bruce Baillie, Deborah Stratman, and Jennifer Reeves lie many lesser-known gems ready to ignite curiosity and expand minds.
Experimental Tuesdays Presents: From the Archive
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesFree For Everyone! Curated by MFA candidates from the Department of Film, Video, Animation and New Genres, these programs feature a unique opportunity to see some of the incredible 16mm prints from the UWM Cinema Arts Archive. The Cinema Arts …
Babylon
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesUK Classics Franco Rosso's incendiary Babylon had its world premiere at Cannes in 1980 but went unreleased in the U.S. for "being too controversial, and likely to incite racial tension" (Vivien Goldman, Time Out). Raw and smoldering, it follows a …