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The Social Network
Special Event In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer genius Mark Zuckerberg begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the global social network known as Facebook. Six years later, he is one of the youngest billionaires ever, but …
Missing & Murdered Indigenous People’s Day of Awareness Screening: She Cried That Day
Join us for a powerful screening of She Cried That Day, a film that sheds light on the heartbreaking realities faced by Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples. This gathering creates space for reflection, awareness, and collective commitment to honoring the lives and stories too often overlooked.
She Cried That Day
Documentary | Free For Everyone! She Cried That Day is the story of a sister's love and the spirit, strength and will of Indigenous Women refusing to let their loved ones remain invisible in the eyes of the justice system. …
Bogancloch
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesNew Releases A man's solitary life in a Scottish highland forest is portrayed through the changing seasons, with occasional encounters disrupting his otherwise isolated existence.
My Father’s Shadow
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesNew Releases Over the course of a single day’s journey into and around Lagos, Folarin and his young sons, Aki and Remi, reckon with their relationship while navigating a city on the precipice of democratic crisis. As details of Folarin’s …
My Father’s Shadow
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesNew Releases Over the course of a single day’s journey into and around Lagos, Folarin and his young sons, Aki and Remi, reckon with their relationship while navigating a city on the precipice of democratic crisis. As details of Folarin’s …
Bogancloch
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesNew Releases A man's solitary life in a Scottish highland forest is portrayed through the changing seasons, with occasional encounters disrupting his otherwise isolated existence.
Experimental Tuesdays Presents: Vision Machines: An Evening with Peggy Ahwesh
Free For Everyone! Peggy Ahwesh’s wildly heterogeneous body of work—across moving image formats (from Pixelvision to machinima to super-8 and everywhere between), in installation and as object and through the ephemeral—engages with the political, the social, genre and identity in …
James Baldwin Abroad
Special Event | Free For Everyone! A Showcase of four short films about American writer James Baldwin, wherein he muses about race, sexuality and civil rights, among other topics, across Istanbul, Paris and Great Britain. James Baldwin: the brilliant thinker, …
Two By Jim Jarmsuch: Mystery Train
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesAloof teenage Japanese tourists, a frazzled Italian widow, and a disgruntled British immigrant all converge in the city of dreams—which, in Mystery Train, from Jim Jarmusch, is Memphis. Made with its director’s customary precision and wit, this triptych of stories …
Two By Jim Jarmsuch: Mystery Train
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesAloof teenage Japanese tourists, a frazzled Italian widow, and a disgruntled British immigrant all converge in the city of dreams—which, in Mystery Train, from Jim Jarmusch, is Memphis. Made with its director’s customary precision and wit, this triptych of stories …
The Animation Showcase 2026: Getting Cooked
Special Event The Animation Showcase returns to the Union Cinema for their 2026 series, featuring the latest and greatest from our Animation/Film students. This year’s edition features student work across all forms of storytelling. From digital to traditional, claymation to …