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April 19-21 Downer Theatre, Oriental Theatre

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Documentary Local Guests in Attendance
2025 Colin Crowley 53m

Showtimes

Sunday, April 19, 2026

4:15PM Downer Theatre - South Cinema

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

4:00PM Oriental Theatre - Abele Cinema (main)

Description

A poetically structured documentary that follows 2023-24 Wisconsin Poet Laureate, Nicholas Gulig, as he returns to his home state of Wisconsin after nearly two decades away, following five years teaching in Thailand, joins UW-Whitewater as a poetry professor, and moves to Fort Atkinson. Feeling estranged from the state, and in a divided political climate, Gulig finds a steadying presence in the region's ties to lauded 20th century Wisconsin poet Lorine Niedecker.

Series
Cream City Cinema Program – MFF26
Art & Artists Program – MFF26
Year
2025
Length
53 minutes
Language
English
Country
United States
Director
Colin Crowley
Producers
Colin Crowley, Nicholas Gulig
Writer
Nicholas Gulig