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Two By Ken Camp: Mantra
51 Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesKenny Martinez is a Los Angeles-based conceptual artist who decides to set up a confessional telephone answering machine as part of his latest project. As the constant deluge of traumatic and obscene voicemails threatens to create a rift in Kenny’s …
Two By Ken Camp: Highway Hypnosis
51 Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesThe Los Angeles Freeway Killer takes a drive to Las Vegas—and back. This video by Ken Camp is both trancelike and troubling, taking the viewer across the desert of California, through Nevada, and into “the frightening zone where lay the …
The Friends
New Restoration!! It’s the dog days of summer vacation. Up to no good, a group of three wily young friends discover a decrepit house and the old coot who lives there all alone. They begin to spy on him, expecting …
Fall Film Premiere — Wicked: For Good
Everyone deserves a chance to fly! Fly away with us as we travel to Marcus North Shore Cinema to watch the epic conclusion of Wicked: For Good.
Videoheaven
VHS's 1980s rise transformed how people watched movies. Using diverse footage and Maya Hawke's narration, Alex Ross Perry examines video stores' crucial role in film culture.
Mexico Will No Longer Exist!
New Release! A frenetic view runs over a convulsed Mexico City, a colossal metropolis sustained by the myth of multiracialness and other colonial forms of violence. Past and present weave a flurry of images; fragmented memories of this land. Ancient …
Daughters of the Dust
51 Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesStaff Picks! Ensemble drama set in 1902 about a community of descendants of West African slaves living on an island off of South Carolina. The story revolves around a picnic celebrating a few former islanders who chose to move north.
Daughters of the Dust
51 Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesStaff Picks! Ensemble drama set in 1902 about a community of descendants of West African slaves living on an island off of South Carolina. The story revolves around a picnic celebrating a few former islanders who chose to move north.
Stories from the Violins of Hope
Free for Everyone! These stringed survivors were brought back to life – and to the world – by a family of violin restorers spanning three generations. Luthier Amnon Weinstein took what might have become an exhibit of ruined instruments, restored …
The Union Cinema Presents: The Films & Performances of Luis Macias
Special Event! Join us at the Union Cinema for an evening of films and performances by Luis Macias. His pieces deal with the formal and spectral properties of the moving image, through the exploration of the cinematographic device itself and …
Milwaukee Independent Film Awards
51 Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesFilm Festival!! Join us at the Union Cinema for the 2nd annual Milwaukee Independent Film Awards, a vibrant celebration dedicated to the indomitable spirit of independent filmmakers. Nestled in the heart of Wisconsin, this festival is more than an event; …
Milwaukee Independent Film Awards
51 Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesFilm Festival!! Join us at the Union Cinema for the 2nd annual Milwaukee Independent Film Awards, a vibrant celebration dedicated to the indomitable spirit of independent filmmakers. Nestled in the heart of Wisconsin, this festival is more than an event; …