"Your Favorite Press" is Back at Milwaukee Film Fest 2023 | Join us!
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We’re Backkkkkkkkk!
We are so excited to kick off our Milwaukee Film Fest 2023 coverage, where “Your Favorite Press” [Us, its us. CopyWrite Magazine LOL] will be bringing our “special interest” [you know #AllThingsUrban, #SupportTheLocal, #RootingForEverybodyBlack, #ArtIsLife] perspective to the mix. This year we are inviting you to share the experience with us, as we share our lineup of movies we will definitely be checking out, including our Community Partner feature, Rise and Rebuild: A Tale of Three Cities. So grab a friend, and get your snacks. It's time to get “mad ethnic right now” in the theater.
OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER FILMS
Rise and Rebuild: A Tale of Three Cities portrays individuals in Atlanta, Chicago, and Wilmington, North Carolina, who confront the historical destruction of Black wealth in their communities and devise strategies for building a more equitable future.
Saturday, Apr 29 | 12:15 PM | Avalon Theater
Wednesday, May 3 | 3:45 PM | Times Cinema
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FILMS WE PLAN TO SEE
Like a quasar burning past the gaslight, director Lisa Cortes’ eye-opening documentary explores the whitewashed canon of American pop music. Little Richard: I Am Everything clarifies the Black, queer origins of rock ’n’ roll and establishes the genre’s big bang: Richard Wayne Penniman.
Saturday, Apr 29 | 6:15 PM | Oriental Theater: Abele Cinema
Thursday, May 4 | 1:30 PM | Avalon Theater
BLACK LENS SHORTS: BLACK REMEMBRANCE is a collection of short films that explores, interrogates, and engages how cinema can be used as an active archival tool to process grief and loss. Join us as we discover what honor could look like on the silver screen.
Tuesday, Apr 25 | 7:00 PM | Times Cinema
Angel Ellis, a reporter for Mvskoke Media, just wants to give her readers transparent and truthful access to news relevant to the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. But when Angel and her colleagues challenge the integrity of tribal officials, they set off a whirlwind that ends in the dissolution of their independent media. BAD PRESS is a nuanced, empowering tale of a modern Native community fighting for transparency and access to information to hold their government accountable.
Saturday, Apr 29 | 5:00 PM | Avalon Theater
Wednesday, May 3 | 1:30 PM | Avalon Theater
DEAR THIRTEEN lends insight into the perspectives of nine thirteen-year-olds across the globe. Told through gorgeous cinematography—with no adult commentary but the filmmaker’s— these diverse and far-reaching stories will inspire younger teens going through the similar task of coming of age amidst urgent challenges to their generation. Older teens and adults will have a poignant dose of nostalgia through the film’s meditation on the endless and universal quest of self-discovery.
Saturday, Apr 22 | 12:45 PM | Oriental Theater: Lubar Cinema
Tuesday, May 2 | 6:30 PM | Times Cinema
JASMINE IS A STAR follows a determined sixteen-year-old with albinism (lack of pigment in the hair, skin, and eyes) who makes it her mission to become a professional model in her hometown of Minneapolis while attempting to go unnoticed in every other aspect of her teenage life. Director Jo Rochelle (writer for Freeform’s GOOD TROUBLE) creates a sensitive depiction of a different category of teenage angst.
Saturday, Apr 22 | 9:30 PM | Avalon Theater
Wednesday, Apr 26 | 6:45 PM | Oriental Theater: Lubar Cinema
THE ANGRY BLACK GIRL AND HER MONSTER follows anti-hero Vicaria, a brilliant teenager who believes death is a disease that can be cured. After the brutal murder of her brother, she embarks on a dangerous journey to bring him back to life. Inspired by Mary Shelley’s FRANKENSTEIN, the film’s writer and director, Bomani J. Story, crafts a thrilling tale about a family that will survive and is reborn again despite the terrors of systemic pressure.
Friday, Apr 21 | 10:00 PM | Oriental Theater: Lubar Cinema
Sunday, Apr 23 | 8:00 PM | Times Cinema
EVENTS WE WILL BE AT
As creatives, our minds are always buzzing with story ideas. But more often than not, they tend to stay in our imagination. It may be the web series you’ve been plotting. Or the next great action flick you’ve cooked up! Or even that documentary you’d like to take to the next level? Join BLACK LENS at our storytelling workshop and game night, Writing In Color, and discover what it means to graduate your idea from your mind to the silver screen.
Saturday, April 29 | 6:00 PM | Radio Milwaukee
Love & All Things Urban,
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