OPENING NIGHT FILM

The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
(dir. Johanna Hamilton, Yoruba Richen | USA | 2022)

Wednesday 9/14 @ 7PM
Thursday 9/15 @ 4.30PM

The unexpected story of Parks and her life beyond the historic bus boycott, The Rebellious Life reveals the intent behind her activism, her radical politics, and her courage.

Sponsored by Kohl's, Milwaukee County Office of Equity
Community Partner: UWM Office of Applied Gerontology, The Classic Shoppe

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CLOSING NIGHT FILM

Butterfly in the Sky
(dir. Bradford Thomason, Brett Whitcomb | USA | 2022)

Sunday 9/18 @ 5PM

For over 25 years, READING RAINBOW (starring LeVar Burton) was a staple on PBS, instilling a love of reading for a diverse young audience. This terrifically nostalgic film explores why this worked, tracing the show's origin story and plotlines.

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American Justice on Trial / Takeover
(dir. Andrew Abrahams, Herb Ferrette | USA | 2022 /
dir. Emma Francis-Snyder | USA | 2022)

Saturday 9/17 @ 12.30PM

Two shorter documentaries exploring stories of resistance–the Young Lords' 1970 takeover of a South Bronx hospital and the culmination of Black Panthers founder Huey Newton's Oakland murder trial.

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Battleground
(dir. Cynthia Lowen | USA | 2022)

Friday 9/16 @ 6PM

An urgent, timely window into the intersection of abortion and politics in America, following three women who lead formidable anti-abortion organizations to witness the enormous influence they wield.

Sponsored by Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin

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Beyond Ed Buck
(dir. Jayce Baron, Hailie Sahar | USA | 2022)

Saturday 9/17 @ 6.30PM

Starting from the tragic murders caused by white Democratic political donor Ed Buck, this film expands that lens to consider structural racism and transphobia within supposedly progressive queer communities.

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Daughter of a Lost Bird
(dir. Brooke Swaney | USA | 2020)

Sunday 9/18 @ 4PM

DAUGHTER OF A LOST BIRD follows Kendra, an adult Native adoptee, as she reconnects with her birth family, discovers her Lummi heritage, and confronts issues of her own identity.

Sponsored by Morgan Stanley
Community Partner: Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design

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Disfluency
(dir. Anna Baumgarten | USA | 2021)

Friday 9/16 @ 4.30PM

After failing her final college class, Jane returns home to her family's lake house and comes to terms with the confusing trauma that derailed her senior year

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Fly So Far
(dir. Celina Haydee Escher | Sweden/El Salvador | 2021) 

Sunday 9/18 @ 2PM

A grave warning of how far state control of women’s bodies can go, FLY SO FAR follows Teodora Vásquez, who was sentenced to thirty years in a Salvadorean prison after she suffered a stillbirth.

Community Partner: Odd Duck

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Hayden & Her Family
(dir. May May Tchao | USA | 2020)

Thursday 9/15 @ 3.30PM

​HAYDEN & HER FAMILY follows the nuanced and intimate adoption journey of an American family raising seven biological children plus five Asian orphans with special needs.

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Hazing
(dir. Byron Hurt | USA | 2022)

Saturday 9/17 @ 6PM

Weaving his own personal experience with hazing into larger narratives, director Byron Hurt explores power, groupthink, gendered violence, and the functions of collective trauma across a range of pledging rituals in this incisive documentary.

Sponsored by Milwaukee County Office of Equity

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I Didn't See You There
(dir. Reid Davenport | USA | 2022)

Friday 9/16 @ 3.30PM

Spurred by the spectacle of a circus tent outside his Oakland apartment, a disabled filmmaker launches into an unflinching meditation on spectacle, (in)visibility, and the corrosive legacy of the Freak Show.

Sponsored by: Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin, All of Us Research Program

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Kaepernick & America
(dir. Tommy Walker, Ross Hockrow | USA | 2022)

Friday 9/16 @ 7.30PM

KAEPERNICK & AMERICA explores the intersection between Colin Kaepernick’s anthem protests and the reactions they spurred in the United States, revealing unique insights into America’s ongoing racial turmoil.

Sponsored by: Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin and Metropolitan Chicago

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Liquor Store Dreams
(dir. So Yun Um | USA | 2022)

Friday 9/16 @ 9PM

LIQUOR STORE DREAMS is an intimate portrait of two Korean American children of liquor store owners who set out to bridge generational divides with their immigrant parents in Los Angeles.

Community Partner:  Japanese American Citizens League - Wisconsin Chapter

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Marvelous and the Black Hole
(dir. Kate Tsang | USA | 2021)

Saturday 9/17 @ 3.45PM

MARVELOUS AND THE BLACK HOLE follows Sammy as she befriends a surly magician (Rhea Perlman) who helps her navigate her inner demons and dysfunctional family with sleight of hand magic.

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New Jersey Drive
(dir. Nick Gomez | USA | 1995)

Saturday 9/17 @ 12PM

From executive producer Spike Lee comes a thriller about a crew of car thieves who find their lives at risk when a police lieutenant becomes determined to take them down.

Sponsored by Boys & Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee, Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Community Partner: The Classic Shoppe

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Oyate
dir. Emil Benjamin, Brandon Jackson | USA | 2022)

Friday 9/16 @ 1.30PM

OYATE shares the perseverance and struggles of Water Protectors at Standing Rock and other Native leaders and activists, braiding together a moving range of responses to ongoing injustices for Indigenous cultures, territories, languages, and lives.

Sponsored by Potawatomi Hotel & Casino

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Relative
(dir. Tracey Arcabasso | USA | 2022)

Saturday 9/17 @ 3.15PM

When filmmaker Tracey Arcabasso Smith confronts her childhood sexual abuse, she unearths a pervasive history of multigenerational abuse in her seemingly-idyllic family, forcing her to make an impossible decision: to stay silent and let the cycle continue or to speak up and risk losing the family she loves.

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Sell/Buy/Date
(dir. Sarah Jones | USA \ 2022)

Saturday 9/17 @ 9PM

Comedian Sarah Jones reflects on her controversial one-woman show as she embarks on a journey to better understand sex work and her own personal relationship to it.

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Sign o' the Times
(dir. Prince | USA | 1987)

Thursday 9/15 @ 8.45PM

This 35th anniversary 4K restoration captures a musical genius in his prime. Prince's performance of a lifetime is sure to get you out of your seat and dancing in the aisles.
Community Partner: The Classic Shoppe

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The Exchange. In White America.
Kaukauna & King 50 Years Later
(dir. Joanne Williams | USA | 2022)

Thursday 9/15 @ 6PM

Milwaukee's Rufus King High School and Kaukauna High School participated in a 1966 exchange program culminating in a production of IN WHITE AMERICA. Now, over fifty years later, the original participants come together with a new generation.

Sponsored by Associated Bank
Community Partner: UWM Office of Applied Gerontology

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The Loyola Project
(dir. Patrick Creadon | USA | 2022)

Thursday 9/15 @ 7.30PM

In 1963, the Loyola Ramblers of Chicago broke racial barriers on their way to a national championship. Now, nearly 60 years later, this legendary team is reexamined by Loyola basketball player and co-captain Lucas Williamson.

Sponsored by Northwestern Mutual

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Wandering: A Rohingya Tale
(dir. Olivier Higgins, Mélanie Carrier | Canada | 2020)

Sunday 9/18 @ 1PM

In 2017, 700,000 people of the Rohingya Muslim minority fled Myanmar, escaping genocide. This immersive and poetic film brings us to the biggest refugee camp in the world, where Rohingya stayed before moving on to cities like Milwaukee.

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When Claude Got Shot
(dir. Brad Lichtenstein |USA | 2021)

Friday 9/16 @ 12.30PM

When Claude Motley is shot during a visit to Milwaukee for his high school reunion, he realizes there's no escaping gun violence and the ripples of trauma it causes. When he discovers his assailant was shot two nights later by another attempted victim and is now paralyzed, it complicates thinking of any such crime as singular. Tracing this case through the criminal justice system, this documentary asks how and if these cycles can be broken.

Sponsored by Greater Milwaukee Foundation

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Wildhood
(dir. Bretten Hannam | USA | 2021)

Saturday 9/17 @ 9.30PM

Two-spirit Mi'kmaw teenager Link is just discovering his sexuality when he finds out his presumed dead mother may be alive and embarks on a quest to find her.

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El Barrendero
(dir. Miguel M. Delgado | Mexico | 1982)

A cheerful sweeper collects garbage dancing, and the maids of the neighborhood get jealous because he invites another woman out.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 15
4:00 PM - Doors Open 4:30 PM - Event Start
Latino Arts, Inc. (1028 S 9th St, Milwaukee, WI 53204)

Sponsored by Northwestern Mutual

 

 

Encanto
(dir. Byron Howard, Jared Bush | USA | 2021)

The tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 16
4:00 PM - Doors Open 4:30 PM - Event Starts
COA Goldin Center (2320 W Burleigh St, Milwaukee, WI 53206)

Sponsored by Northwestern Mutual, Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club

Boss: The Black Experience in Business 
(dir. Stanley Nelson | USA | 2019)

A look at the history of black businesses and entrepreneurship in America includes the stories of Madam C.J. Walker, John H. Johnson, Berry Gordy and Reginald F. Lewis.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 16
5:30 PM - Doors Open 6:00 PM - Event Start
Lubar Entrepreneurship Center (2100 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI 53211)

Sponsored by Northwestern Mutual & Zilber Family Foundation