Films by Ross Meckfessel

Union Cinema

Experimental Tuesday / FREE FOR EVERYONE / Artist in attendance / On 16mm!  Ross Meckfessel is an artist and filmmaker who works primarily in Super 8 and 16mm film. His films often emphasize materiality and poetic structures while depicting the... Read More

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The Divorcee

Union Cinema

FREE FOR EVERYONE! MGM production head Irving Thalberg and his then-wife Norma Shearer bring this modern tale of infidelity to the screen. When Jerry discovers that her husband, Ted, has had an affair, she turns to Ted’s best friend Don... Read More

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Share the Earth Environmental Film Series – Powerlands

Union Cinema 2200 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI, United States

A young Navajo filmmaker travels to the La Guajira region in rural Colombia, the Tampakan region of the Philippines, the Tehuantepec Isthmus of Mexico, and the protests at Standing Rock. In each case, she meets Indigenous women leading the struggle... Read More

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Share the Earth Environmental Film Series – To the End

Union Cinema 2200 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Filmed over four years of hope and crisis, To the End captures the emergence of a new generations of leaders and the movement behind the most sweeping climate change legislation in U.S. history. The filmmakers follow four exceptional young women... Read More

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