Forgetting Vietnam

One of the myths surrounding the creation of Vietnam involves a fight between two dragons whose intertwined bodies fell into the South China Sea and formed Vietnam’s curving S-shaped coastline. Influential feminist theorist and filmmaker Trinh T. Minh-ha’s lyrical film …

Power of the Pen: Natural World

Thursday, April 9  4-5pm | Union Concourse  Join us for a reflective nature walk where we’ll pause, observe, and draw inspiration from the landscapes around us. Through guided prompts and gentle exploration, participants will craft poetry that deepens their connection to the natural …

The 22nd Annual Italian Film Festival USA of Milwaukee

Film Festival | April 10th – 12th | Free for Everyone! The Italian Film Festival USA brings you the best line-up of recent Italian cinema with films from award-winning directors, as well as debut films from exciting new talent. Cosponsored …

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. …

Didi

New Releases | Free For Everyone! In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can’t teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to …

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, …

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Screening: Didi

Join us for a special Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month screening of Dìdi (弟弟), directed by Sean Wang. Hosted in collaboration with Sociocultural Programming, Chi Sigma Tau, and Union Cinema, this coming-of-age story explores family, friendship, and the …

The First Women (As Primeiras)

Director: Adriana Yañez 2024 Brazil | 78 minutes When women’s football is outlawed in Brazil in 1941, the game is forced into the shadows until its re-legalization in 1979. This documentary follows the first players to return to professional competition, who were discovered young and asked …

The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet (El perro que no calla)

Director: Ana Katz 2020 Argentina | 73 minutes *Join us after the film for a short discussion with UWM film studies professor Tami Williams! In a story both tender and absurd, Sebastián drifts through a life shaped by work, chance, …

We Shall Not Be Moved (No nos moverán)

Director: Pierre Saint-Martin Castellanos 2024 Mexico | 94 minutes Socorro is a retired lawyer consumed by her obsession to find the soldier who killed her brother nearly 60 years ago, during the student protests of October 2, 1968 in Mexico …