Posts Tagged ‘Film’
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.
Read MoreDialogues 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.
Read MoreFarming While Black: Film Screening
This visually eloquent film chronicles author of the book FARMING WHILE BLACK, Leah Penniman, and two other Black farmers’ efforts to reclaim their agricultural heritage. Collectively, their work has a major impact as leaders in the sustainable agriculture and food justice movements.
Read MoreFilm Screening: Sweet Messenger
America’s Black Holocaust Museum invites you to join us for a special screening of “Sweet Messenger: The True Story of One of Few Known Survivors of a Lynching, Dr. James Cameron” followed by a roundtable conversation on the importance of history and storytelling for all generations.
Read MoreOur Time Together
ABHM will be at the Milwaukee Art Museum on February 6th for a free day celebrating the monumental work On Site: Derrick Adams: Our Time Together, which closes May 11. Learn more about Milwaukee’s historic Bronzeville area, connect with local Black-owned businesses, and learn more about the Milwaukee stories featured in Our Time Together. Bring along your family and friends to connect through art, music, movement, and more.
Read MoreNetflix’s ‘The Piano Lesson’ Is A Haunting Adaptation — And Not In A Good Way
The latest adaptation of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” on Netflix has mixed reviews on its portrayal of ancestry haunted by slavery.
Read More5 must-see Black films from the 2024 Chicago International Film Festival
Chicago’s international film fest took over the city this month to debut films made by and starring Black talent.
Read More‘I felt this film was my duty’: director Mati Diop on Dahomey, about the return of looted African treasures
French-Senegalese film-maker Mati Diop speaks on her new award winning film, Dahomey. Told through the point of view of an African mask, Diop’s film illustrates the return of looted items from Dahomey, now Benin, by the French government.
Read MoreFilm Screening of “Origin”
Rid Racism Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Turners invite you to an in-person or online free film screening of “Origin” written and directed by Ava DuVernay. The film is based on the life of Isabel Wilkerson, author of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. There will be a talkback panel discussion after the film.
Read MoreAll Dirt Roads Taste of Salt: Final Screening
Raven Jackson’s feature debut is a richly-layered ode to generations of people and places, tracing decades of a woman’s life in Mississippi. With the luxuriating pace of a summer evening, the film allows audiences to linger on ideas of grief, longing, and memory all while gazing on luminously lensed visuals. Jackson is one to watch.
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