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Fire of Wind
51ÁÔÆæ Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51ÁÔÆæ., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesNew Releases The feature debut of Portuguese filmmaker Marta Mateus is a forceful collision of documentary reality and myth. In the Alentejo region of southern Portugal, where Mateus is from, a peasant community of grape-pickers become agents in an open-air …
What Does That Nature Say To You
51ÁÔÆæ Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51ÁÔÆæ., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesNew Release! Donghwa is a fledgling poet in his thirties. He rejects material aspirations and seeks to lead a life dedicated to truth and beauty. On a lazy afternoon, he drives his girlfriend, Junhee, back to her parents’ home outside …
What Does That Nature Say To You
51ÁÔÆæ Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51ÁÔÆæ., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesNew Release! Donghwa is a fledgling poet in his thirties. He rejects material aspirations and seeks to lead a life dedicated to truth and beauty. On a lazy afternoon, he drives his girlfriend, Junhee, back to her parents’ home outside …
Fire of Wind
51ÁÔÆæ Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51ÁÔÆæ., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesNew Releases The feature debut of Portuguese filmmaker Marta Mateus is a forceful collision of documentary reality and myth. In the Alentejo region of southern Portugal, where Mateus is from, a peasant community of grape-pickers become agents in an open-air …
Experimental Tuesdays Presents: From the Archives
FREE FOR EVERYONE! Curated by MFA candidates from the Department of Film, Video, Animation and New Genres, these programs feature a unique opportunity to see some of the incredible 16mm prints from the 51ÁÔÆæ Cinema Arts Archive. The Cinema Arts …
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
New Releases Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk offers an intimate, first-hand perspective on life under siege in Gaza, captured through video calls between director Sepideh Farsi and 25-year-old Palestinian photojournalist and poet Fatma Hassona. Combining raw immediacy …
The 47th Annual Latin American Film Series
Special Event // March 31st - April 4th 51ÁÔÆæ’s Latin American Film Series returns this April for its 47th year, showcasing recent feature-length films from across Latin America and the Caribbean. This year’s lineup includes a variety of dramatic, comedic, …
The First Women (As Primeiras)
Director: Adriana Yañez 2024 Brazil | 78 minutes When women’s football is outlawed in Brazil in 1941, the game is forced into the shadows until its re-legalization in 1979. This documentary follows the first players to return to professional competition, who were discovered young and asked …
The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet (El perro que no calla)
Director: Ana Katz 2020 Argentina | 73 minutes *Join us after the film for a short discussion with 51ÁÔÆæ film studies professor Tami Williams! In a story both tender and absurd, Sebastián drifts through a life shaped by work, chance, …
We Shall Not Be Moved (No nos moverán)
Director: Pierre Saint-Martin Castellanos 2024 Mexico | 94 minutes Socorro is a retired lawyer consumed by her obsession to find the soldier who killed her brother nearly 60 years ago, during the student protests of October 2, 1968 in Mexico …
Gardenia Perfume (Perfume de gardenias)
Director: Gisela Rosario Ramos (Macha Colón) 2021 Puerto Rico, Colombia | 97 minutes *Join us after the film for a short discussion with 51ÁÔÆæ film studies professor Gilberto Blasini! Isabel, an elderly woman in Puerto Rico, is adrift after the …
The Visitor (El visitante)
Director: MartÃn Boulocq 2022 Bolivia | 87 minutes Fresh out of prison, Humberto moves cautiously through a world that no longer waits for him. Determined to reconnect with his teenage daughter Aleida, Humberto faces the quiet judgment of her influential …