Natchez: Film Screening

Winner of Best Documentary Feature at Tribeca ’25, NATCHEZ unravels the complex layers of a town in Mississippi sustained by antebellum tourism yet divided by the narrative of its own history. As hoop skirts and mansion tours clash with hard truths, NATCHEZ becomes a riveting meditation on the stories America chooses to tell—and forget.

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Dialogues Documentary Festival

Milwaukee Film's Dialogues Documentary Festival

Over four days we will present 30+ film programs at our two year-round cinema venues (the Oriental and Downer Theatres) and extend many of those films with in-cinema talkbacks and panels immediately following the screening. Films will explore themes and topics that are timely and relevant to our communities and audiences.

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Rap Is Art, Not Evidence

A new documentary chronicles efforts to keep rap lyrics from being used by prosecutors, combatting a long-standing trend of criminalizing rap.

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