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Union Cinema

Phone 414-229-4070
Email cinema@uwm.edu
Website https://uwm.edu/union/cinema/
The Union Cinema offers first-run foreign, domestic, documentary and experimental films, as well as “cinema classics” from all over the world. The Cinema strives to help develop a broader understanding and appreciation of the universal language of film and is a vital and unique venue for film and video.
Categories: Arts Programming, Student Involvement, Student Union
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  • Wicked: For Good Movie Poster

    Fall Film Premiere — Wicked: For Good

    Sandburg Residence Halls (SAN) 3400 North Maryland Ave,, Milwaukee, WI, United States +1 more

    Everyone deserves a chance to fly! Fly away with us as we travel to Marcus North Shore Cinema to watch the epic conclusion of Wicked: For Good.

  • Videoheaven

    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    VHS's 1980s rise transformed how people watched movies. Using diverse footage and Maya Hawke's narration, Alex Ross Perry examines video stores' crucial role in film culture.

  • Mexico Will No Longer Exist!

    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    New Release! A frenetic view runs over a convulsed Mexico City, a colossal metropolis sustained by the myth of multiracialness and other colonial forms of violence. Past and present weave a flurry of images; fragmented memories of this land. Ancient …

  • Daughters of the Dust

    Daughters of the Dust

    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Staff Picks! Ensemble drama set in 1902 about a community of descendants of West African slaves living on an island off of South Carolina. The story revolves around a picnic celebrating a few former islanders who chose to move north.

  • Stories from the Violins of Hope

    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Free for Everyone! These stringed survivors were brought back to life – and to the world – by a family of violin restorers spanning three generations. Luthier Amnon Weinstein took what might have become an exhibit of ruined instruments, restored …

  • The Union Cinema Presents: The Films & Performances of Luis Macias

    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Special Event! Join us at the Union Cinema for an evening of films and performances by Luis Macias. His pieces deal with the formal and spectral properties of the moving image, through the exploration of the cinematographic device itself and …

  • Milwaukee Independent Film Awards

    Milwaukee Independent Film Awards

    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Film Festival!! Join us at the Union Cinema for the 2nd annual Milwaukee Independent Film Awards, a vibrant celebration dedicated to the indomitable spirit of independent filmmakers. Nestled in the heart of Wisconsin, this festival is more than an event; …

  • Milwaukee Independent Film Awards

    Milwaukee Independent Film Awards

    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Film Festival!! Join us at the Union Cinema for the 2nd annual Milwaukee Independent Film Awards, a vibrant celebration dedicated to the indomitable spirit of independent filmmakers. Nestled in the heart of Wisconsin, this festival is more than an event; …

  • Daughters of the Dust

    Daughters of the Dust

    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Staff Picks! Ensemble drama set in 1902 about a community of descendants of West African slaves living on an island off of South Carolina. The story revolves around a picnic celebrating a few former islanders who chose to move north.