The Connection

Union Cinema

Two Films by Shirley Clarke  Reimagining Jack Gelber’s controversial off-Broadway play about a group of addicts—many of them jazz musicians—waiting for a fix, Clarke changed the slumming writer companion of the original to a fly-on-the-wall filmmaker out of the cinema... Read More

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Portrait of Jason

Union Cinema

Two Films by Shirley Clarke Shot in the living room of Shirley Clarke’s Chelsea Hotel penthouse from 9:00pm to 9:00am one December night in 1966, Portrait of Jason captures a slice of American hustler and aspiring performer Jason Holliday. Holliday... Read More

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Ten Skies

Union Cinema

FREE FOR EVERYONE / on 16mm! James Benning’s Ten Skies is a film both simple and vast in its construction. It is comprised of ten shots of ten skies, each lasting for ten minutes and each shot on 16mm around... Read More

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Three Sparks

Union Cinema

Milwaukee Premiere! This film in three parts explores traditions in rural Albania and the role of women in society. The project begins by describing the filmmaker’s relationship to the country and an unwanted personal sacrifice which solidifies this connection. The... Read More

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Our Body

Union Cinema

Milwaukee Premiere! French documentary titan Claire Simon observes the everyday operations of the gynecological ward in a public hospital in Paris. In the process, she questions what it means to live in a woman’s body, filming the diversity, singularity and... Read More

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