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  • Photo from the film "Father's Shadow". A man sits with two young boys. One boy is sitting on the man's lap. Behind them are racks of shoes. The three people look tired, the boy in the man's lap his his head resting on his hand

    My Father’s Shadow

    My Father’s Shadow
    51ÁÔÆæ Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51ÁÔÆæ., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    New Releases Over the course of a single day’s journey into and around Lagos, Folarin and his young sons, Aki and Remi, reckon with their relationship while navigating a city on the precipice of democratic crisis. As details of Folarin’s …

  • Photo from the film "Bogancloch". It is a black and white photo with a bearded old man in the middle. Smoke is billowing around him

    Bogancloch

    Bogancloch
    51ÁÔÆæ Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51ÁÔÆæ., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    New Releases A man's solitary life in a Scottish highland forest is portrayed through the changing seasons, with occasional encounters disrupting his otherwise isolated existence.  

  • Photo from a Peggy Ahwesh animation project. Three men are completely colored in a green hue. One is running towards the camera, another stands with his arms extended and the farthest one is looking away from the camera. There is a large Santa blow up figure to the right of the photo

    Experimental Tuesdays Presents: Vision Machines: An Evening with Peggy Ahwesh

    51ÁÔÆæ Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51ÁÔÆæ., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Free For Everyone! Peggy Ahwesh’s wildly heterogeneous body of work—across moving image formats (from Pixelvision to machinima to super-8 and everywhere between), in installation and as object and through the ephemeral—engages with the political, the social, genre and identity in …

  • Photo from the documentary film "In Excess". Seven sanitation workers in hardhats are spread out along a table filled with trash as they sort it, seemingly from recyclable material and trash

    In Excess

    51ÁÔÆæ Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51ÁÔÆæ., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Documentary | Free For Everyone! In Excess examines labor, capital, and displacement in modern America through the lens of one city’s trash — in sewers and streets, waterways and workplaces. It’s a gritty dive into the inner workings of a …

  • Black and white photo of James Baldwin. He is looking towards the camera but not directly at it. He stands in front of men that are sitting behind tables. It is unclear if he is at a type of flea market or rally. There are signs behind the men sitting but it is in French

    James Baldwin Abroad

    51ÁÔÆæ Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51ÁÔÆæ., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Special Event | Free For Everyone! A Showcase of four short films about American writer James Baldwin, wherein he muses about race, sexuality and civil rights, among other topics, across Istanbul, Paris and Great Britain. James Baldwin: the brilliant thinker, …

  • Photo from the movie 'Mystery Train". Three people, two men and a woman, stand and are facing in the direction of the camera. The order of people go man, woman, and then another man. They are clothed in green, black, and white clothing.

    Two By Jim Jarmsuch: Mystery Train

    Two By Jim Jarmsuch: Mystery Train
    51ÁÔÆæ Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51ÁÔÆæ., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Aloof teenage Japanese tourists, a frazzled Italian widow, and a disgruntled British immigrant all converge in the city of dreams—which, in Mystery Train, from Jim Jarmusch, is Memphis. Made with its director’s customary precision and wit, this triptych of stories …

  • Photo from the movie 'Mystery Train". Three people, two men and a woman, stand and are facing in the direction of the camera. The order of people go man, woman, and then another man. They are clothed in green, black, and white clothing.

    Two By Jim Jarmsuch: Mystery Train

    Two By Jim Jarmsuch: Mystery Train
    51ÁÔÆæ Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51ÁÔÆæ., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Aloof teenage Japanese tourists, a frazzled Italian widow, and a disgruntled British immigrant all converge in the city of dreams—which, in Mystery Train, from Jim Jarmusch, is Memphis. Made with its director’s customary precision and wit, this triptych of stories …

  • Photo from an animated feature. A small white mouse stands in front of what appears to be some nuts along a forest trail

    The Animation Showcase 2026: Getting Cooked

    51ÁÔÆæ Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51ÁÔÆæ., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Special Event The Animation Showcase returns to the Union Cinema for their 2026 series, featuring the latest and greatest from our Animation/Film students. This year’s edition features student work across all forms of storytelling. From digital to traditional, claymation to …

  • Photo from the film 'Desert Hearts'. Two women are featured, a blonde woman still clothed and a topless dark haired woman. The dark haired woman is stroking the side of the blonde woman's face. Their faces both read serious, but friendly as they gaze at each other

    Desert Hearts

    51ÁÔÆæ Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51ÁÔÆæ., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Staff Picks While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed professor of literature is unexpectedly seduced by a carefree, spirited young lesbian.  

  • A presenter stands in front of a crowd of about 20 people sitting in folding chairs. A blue light is shining on the crowd and presenter, behind the presenter a white screen is set up.

    Milwaukee Underground Fllm Festival: Opening Night!!!

    51ÁÔÆæ Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51ÁÔÆæ., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Film Festival | Free for Everyone! Join us at the Union Cinema for the opening night of The Milwaukee Underground Film Festival! MUFF is a student run film festival devoted to showcasing independent, artist driven cinema. For two decades we …