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Experimental Tuesdays Presents: New Red Order: Never Settle
This promotional initiation video lures inductees with promises of decolonization and settler remediation. Imagery of settler-led planetary destruction is juxtaposed with sequences of underground group therapy sessions where settlers can lose, forget, and explore their identities in order to indigenize.
Personale
New Release!! Join us Wednesday, September 17th at 7pm in the Union Cinema to see a screening of Carmen Trocker’s new film, Personale. This film is set at a four-star hotel in northeastern Italy — a luxurious spot in the …
God’s Country
On 16mm!!! Join us at the Union Cinema Thursday, September 18th at 7pm for a 16mm screening of God’s Country! The Films director, Louis Malle, traveled into the heart of Minnesota in 1979 to capture the everyday lives of the …
National Exams
51 Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesThe Union Cinema will be featuring two films by Giorgi Mrevlishvili, who holds an MFA in Film from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee! We hope to see you Friday, September 19th at 6pm and Saturday September 20th at 7pm to see …
Twelve Lessons
51 Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesThis upcoming weekend, the Union Cinema will be featuring two films by Giorgi Mrevlishvili, who holds an MFA in Film from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee! Join us Friday, September 19th at 8pm, and Saturday, September 20th at 5pm for a …
Twelve Lessons
51 Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesThis upcoming weekend, the Union Cinema will be featuring two films by Giorgi Mrevlishvili, who holds an MFA in Film from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee! Join us Friday, September 19th at 8pm, and Saturday, September 20th at 5pm for a …
National Exams
51 Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesThe Union Cinema will be featuring two films by Giorgi Mrevlishvili, who holds an MFA in Film from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee! We hope to see you Friday, September 19th at 6pm and Saturday September 20th at 7pm to see …
NPHW Movie Showing: ‘Hazing’
National Hazing Prevention Week is September 22-26. Join us for a movie showing of a document by Byron Hurt called 'Hazing'. This movie offers a "look inside the culture, tradition, and secrecy surrounding hazing rituals". Free popcorn for the first …
Experimental Tuesdays Presents: Tomonari Nishikawa (In Memoriam)
Please join us for a screening to honor the late Tomonari Nishikawa’s work—a celebration of his singular vision and lasting influence. His films, often shot on 8mm and 16mm, explore the act of observation through material processes and formal experimentation.
My Sweet Land
For 11-year-old Vrej, life in his homeland, Artsakh, is like a paradise--that is until his life takes a sudden turn when war erupts, and he is forced to flee with his family. Upon returning to his surviving village, he confronts the devastation, new power dynamics, and education that prepares children for near-future battles. Vrej must learn the rules of war... but can he carry a nation's hopes on his young shoulders?
Faculty Showcase
The Department of Film, Video, Animation and New Genres at 51 is home to a celebrated group of faculty and staff whose creative work spans disciplines, genres, and modes of production. They are not only exceptional educators but also accomplished artists whose films have screened at festivals, museums, and galleries around the world. This special program is a chance to experience the breadth and vitality of their work. Expect drama, documentary, comedy, experimental film, animation, appropriation, and, of course, the unexpected. Many of the artists (your teachers!) will be in attendance.
The Union Art Gallery Presents: Films by Stan Brakhage
Join us at the Union Cinema for a special program of Stan Brakhage films selected in response to featured artist Ellee Spalding's exhibition in the Union Art Gallery.