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Special Event: Blue House

rnlilla@uwm.edu — Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Blue House Film Screening is a D.I.Y. film organization showcasing short films and building cinematic connections in Milwaukee.

Join us at the Union Cinema for a shorts program curated by the members of the Blue House collective!

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Two By Black Audio Film Collective: Handsworth Songs

rnlilla@uwm.edu — Fri, 08 May 2026 23:00:00 +0000

In October 1985 Britain witnessed a spate of civil disturbances in the Birmingham district of Handsworth and in urban centres of London. These were violent, tragic events, marked by the death of an elderly black woman, Joy Gardner and a white policeman, Keith Blakelock . Handsworth Songs takes as its point of departure these events and the inability of the British media to go beyond its concern with demonising or rationalising the rioters and their motives, to break the anxiety-driven loop of morbid responses to the presence of black people in Britain.

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Two By Black Audio Film Collective: Who Needs a Heart

rnlilla@uwm.edu — Sat, 09 May 2026 00:30:00 +0000

Who Needs A Heart is a parable of political becoming and subjective transformation and remains BAFC’s most controversial film. Akin to a sophisticated home-movie history, a record of life on the fringes in London between 1965 and 1975, the film explores the forgotten history of British Black Power through the fictional lives of a group of friends caught up in the metamorphoses of the movement’s central figure; the counter-cultural anti-hero, activist and charismatic social bandit Michael Abdul Malik . Formerly known as Michael X and christened Michael De Freitas , he left England in 1970 and was tried and executed for his role in an unsolved murder in Trinidad in 1975. The film nevertheless holds him at a distance, tracing his career through contemporary TV and radio bulletins which counterpoint and parallel the lives of the group.

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My Father’s Shadow

rnlilla@uwm.edu — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0000

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 life emerge, the strain in their connection becomes increasingly clear.

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Two By Jim Jarmsuch: Father, Mother, Sister Brother

rnlilla@uwm.edu — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0000

Three stories concerning the relationships between adult children, their somewhat distant parents, and each other: a reclusive father visited by his grown children in the US, sisters visiting their novelist mother in Dublin, and adult twins called back to their Paris apartment to address a family tragedy.

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Bogancloch

rnlilla@uwm.edu — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0000

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.

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The Social Network

rnlilla@uwm.edu — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0000

Special Event

In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer genius Mark Zuckerberg begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the global social network known as Facebook. Six years later, he is one of the youngest billionaires ever, but Zuckerberg finds that his unprecedented success leads to both personal and legal complications when he ends up on the receiving end of two lawsuits, one involving his former friend.

Cosponsored by the Lubar Entrepeneurship Center

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Two By Jim Jarmsuch: Mystery Train

rnlilla@uwm.edu — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0000

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 pays playful tribute to the home of Stax Records, Sun Studio, Graceland, Carl Perkins, and, of course, the King, who presides over the film like a spirit.

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The Animation Showcase 2026: Getting Cooked

rnlilla@uwm.edu — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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 cutout, 2D to 3D, see what the next generation of animators and filmmakers are cooking.

Cosponsored by the Dept. of Film/Video/Animation/New Genres

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Desert Hearts

rnlilla@uwm.edu — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Staff Picks

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

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