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Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival at PrideFest
Join us at PrideFest!
You'll find the Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival's booth in the Marketplace and a selection of past Festival highlights playing in the Arts and Culture Building.
Stop by and say hello and pick up a free Festival balloon!
Thanks to all of you who agreed to volunteer at our booth.
UPCOMING EVENTS
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April 13, 7:00 pm
The Country Teacher
Marcus North Shore Cinema
11700 N Port Washington Rd, Mequon
http://www.marcusnorthshore.com/?CFID=15511790&CFTOKEN=16484199
"The Country Teacher" is an exquisitely photographed and powerfully acted story of a gay man who retreats from life, and from the world, after the break-up of a bad relationship. The young man moves to the country (and deeper into the closet) to take a job teaching natural sciences at a rural grammar school. He tries to immerse himself in this new, sparsely populated community and into the routines of farm life, developing a close friendship with a local farmer and her teenage son. But life remains fraught, fragile, with solace found in the natural splendor and in listening to music. (Cloaked in his headphones, he closes himself off even more.) But the unexpected visit of his ex-boyfriend -- and his own unsuccessfully suppressed desires -- disrupt his efforts at a life sustained by denial. At times painful and troubling as any depiction of life in the closet will be, "The Country Teacher," empowered by a riveting performance by Czech actor Pavel Liska, is a nevertheless compelling, beautifully crafted portrait of a gay man in isolation - by the solitary dictates of rural life, by the insistence of his own fears - and his attempts to reconnect with life.
Winner: Best Queer Film, 2008 Reykjavik Film Festival Read the New York Times critic Stephen Holden's review here: http://remnd.me/CT
April 2, 2009 at 2 pm
black./womyn.: conversations with lesbians of African descent.
FREE
Information: UWM LGBT Resource Center, 414-229-4116.
black./womyn.: conversations... is a feature length documentary focusing on the lives and
views of lesbians of African descent from various backgrounds. The film's candid interviews
stir honest, progressive dialogue and critical thinking about images of Black lesbians and
the stereotypes that result from their portrayal in media and society at large. Producer/Director
Tiona McClodden will facilitate a discussion following the film screening. Sponsored
by the UWM LGBT Resource Center, the UWM Women's Resource Center, and the Milwaukee LGBT
Film & Video
Festival.
 March 26, 2009 at 7 pm
The Times of Harvey Milk — new 35mm print
(Robert Epstein, USA, 90min, 35mm, 1984)
FREE
Information: (414) 229-4070 or www.uniontheatre.uwm.edu
Winner of the 1986 Academy Award for best documentary
In 1978, Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco city council, becoming the first openly
gay person to be elected to public office in California. He became known as a charismatic
and skillful leader of the burgeoning gay rights movement. One year after his election, he
and Mayor George Moscone were shot and killed by Milk's fellow council member, former police
officer and fire fighter Dan White. The Times of Harvey Milk deftly weaves together original interviews,
news reports, and archival footage, recreating the tumultuous story of Milk's grass-roots political
organizing and election, through the shocking murders and their repercussions.
Preceded by 575 Castro St.
 (Jenni Olson, 7 min, 2008)
"575 Castro St. reveals the play of light and shadow upon the walls of the Castro Camera
Store set for Gus Van Sant's film Milk. These mundane shots--almost bereft of movement and
sound; so quiet, so still--showcase the range of emotions evoked by Harvey Milk's words on
the soundtrack. The audio track is an edited down version of the 13-minute audio cassette
that Harvey Milk recorded in his camera shop on the evening of Friday, November 18, 1977
(a few weeks after his election to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors which made him
one of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States). Labeled simply: 'In-Case'
the tape was to be played, 'in the event of my death by assassination.' The sensibility of
575 Castro St. hearkens back to the style of the dozens of Super 8 gay short films of the
'70s that passed through Harvey Milk's hands
to be processed and developed at the Castro Camera Store." -- Jenni Olson
Co-presented by the Union Theatre and the Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival.
Click here to find out more about
the MILK Costume Charity Auction (win clothes worn by Sean Penn in the film!).
March 12, 2009 at 7 pm
U PEOPLE
(Hanifah Walidah and Olive Demetrius, USA, 76 min., video, 2007
FREE
Information: (414) 229-4070 or www.uniontheatre.uwm.edu
Filmmakers in attendance.
U People is an accidental documentary: an entire cast and crew of 30 gay, straight women and trans folks of color were caught on camera behind the scenes of a not-so-typical music video shoot. What these cameras revealed will open hearts and minds to women who are too often boxed and never fully realized in media. U People highlights intimate stories of struggle and triumph over prejudice, relationships between mothers and daughters, and civil rights.
Presented by the LGBT Resource Center, the Women's Resource Center, the Women without Borders Film Festival, and Sociocultural Programming.
Filmmaker Hanifah Walidah will be the guest artist at UWM Union Sociocultural Programming's
event Lyrical Sanctuary on Wednesday, March 11. Call 229-6998 for more information.
Saturday, March 7, 5-8 pm
Family Show Opening Reception
Milwaukee LGBT Community Center 315 W Court St, Milw, 53212
Join us in celebrating LGBT families at the opening reception of the Family Show. This show is focused on answering the question "Who,what, or where is your 'family' as a member of the LGBT Community?" In American culture we are taught that LGBT people are isolated and do not want or seek to have families. This art show challenges this stereotype through experience and artistic interpretation of "family." Cosponsored by Connexus, Diverse & Resilient, FORGE, Lesbian Alliance, the Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival, the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center, PFLAG and SAGE/Milwaukee. Refreshments will be served. Free and open to the public. For more information e-mail milwaukeelgbtart@gmail.com.
Lesbian Alliance is a proud member of Community Shares of Greater Milwaukee.
March 6-8, 2009
Of Time and the City -- Milwaukee premiere
(Terence Davies, England, 72 min., video, 2008)
Tickets: $6 general/$5 UWM staff, faculty, alumni & seniors/$4 UWM students
Information: (414) 229-4070 or www.uniontheatre.uwm.edu
Screenings:
Friday, March 6 - 9pm
Saturday, March 7 - 5 and 9pm
Sunday, March 8 - 5 pm
From the original voice of the great British auteur Terence Davies, comes a personal documentary
composed entirely of archival and found footage, which explores the filmmaker's relationship
with his hometown of Liverpool, beyond its Beatles and its football clubs. Acerbic, witty,
and deeply moving, the film is "cut it as if it were fiction" Davies says, with "images
which speak"
and a layered sound track of popular and classical music, voices, radio clips and Davies'
powerful, poignant voiceover. Co-presented by the Union Theatre and the Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video
Festival.
February 14-15, 2009
L'homme de sa vie (The Man of My Life)
Festival of Films in French
(Zabou Brietman, France, 35 mm, 114 min, 2006)
Tickets: $6 general/$5 UWM staff, faculty, alumni & seniors/$4 UWM students
Information: (414) 229-4070 or
Screenings:
Saturday, February 14, 2009 - 9:00 pm
Sunday, February 15, 2009 - 7:00 pm
Frédéric and his wife, Frédérique, go back to the verdant countryside
of Provence where they will spend the summer in their family house. They bring along their
children and some friends. One evening, Frédéric invites Hugo, their neighbor, a solitary
and self-possessed gay man. Their relationship will wreak havoc in both men's hearts, as
well as in Frédéric's
family life. L'Homme de sa vie is a story of life, love and family relationships, it is full
of emotions and without any moral judgement. Presented as part of The Tournées Festival. Co-presented
by the Festival of Films in French and the Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival.
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