2023 Schedule for the 18th Annual African American Film Series:

Messwood 

Thursday, February 2 | Film Screening and Discussion 

6pm-8pm | Union Cinema 

Declining participation leads Milwaukee’s own Messmer (predominantly Black) and Shorewood (predominantly white) high schools to combine their football programs. After a successful season in 2018, quite a few starters graduate and in 2019 the team is forced to rebuild. At the center of this familiar and thrilling sports season drama, these teenage athletes attempt to make sense of their adolescence and of the perceived and tangible racial fissures in southeast Wisconsin.  

Followed by a post-film discussion with the directors. For more information or to request accommodations contact Sociocultural Programming: sociocul@uwm.edu   

Sponsored by Sociocultural Programming, Union Cinema 

 

Nope

Thursday, February 16 | Film Screening and Discussion 

6 pm-8 pm | Union Cinema 

The residents of a lonely gulch in inland California bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery. Directed by Jordan Peele, who wrote and directed the film, reunites with Get Out star Daniel Kaluuya, who stars alongside Keke Palmer as two siblings who inherit their father’s ranch after he is killed by an object falling from the sky. You won’t want to miss what happens next! 

Followed by a post-film discussion. For more information or to request accommodations contact Sociocultural Programming: sociocul@uwm.edu   

Sponsored by Sociocultural Programming, Union Cinema 

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