"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

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

Keep up with us on Instagram @copywritemag for your chance to win tickets to see this film!

 

FILMS WE PLAN TO SEE

Little Richard: I Am Everything

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 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

 

BAD PRESS

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

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

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

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

Black Lens Presents Writing in Color

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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SnapShot Press Release: HOOPS [adorning Culture through performative social commentary]

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SnapShot Press Release: HOOPS [adorning Culture through performative social commentary]

Saturday's [March 11th, 2023] world premier or HOOPS, by Eliana Pipes with original music by B~Free based on The HOOPS Project by Nicole Acosta, was an opus of social commentary that other narratives of Culture have never really grappled with. . . well, at least until now. Its unapologetic portrayal of Hoop earrings as an legacy adornment spoke to the range of existence that is tied to these magical objects that hang from one's earlobe like an extension of their souls. 

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Snap Shot Press Release: Love At Home [For Jacob Latimore] Bronzeville Week 2022

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Snap Shot Press Release: Love At Home [For Jacob Latimore] Bronzeville Week 2022

Creative “Genius” is not in short supply when it comes to the 414.

There have been several Milwaukeeans to achieve success at the stardom level. [No need to name names. We all know who they are]. However, there have only been a select few who have kept ties to their humble roots, coming back home to see their families, going to public outings with their childhood homies, and even willing to have small chat with a young admirer, assuring them that they too can make their dreams come true.

Clearly, Jacob Latimore is one of those impressive exceptions.

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Pride Month feature w/ Milwaukee Film | Moonlight

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We had the chance to catch ‘Milwaukee Film’s Pride Month’ featured showing of “Moonlight” this weekend. While it’s hard for any corner of the world to be unfamiliar with the Academy Award winning film, Moonlight is the coming of age story of a young boy who struggles with balancing masculinity and sexuality. While juggling many different obstacles along the way, including being brutally bullied, raising himself and witnessing his mom abuse drugs, he eventually set his footing in the only thing he was familiar with–the streets. 

I feel like this is a universal story–even if [you] don’t think so. As a woman, I can’t speak to that experience of growing up as a male and balancing masculinity along with curiosity but these children and situations do exist. Their experience deserves validation whether it’s talked about or not. It happens every single day. 

These kinds of films are extremely important for society because it is something that is deemed taboo by the majority. People tend to think that sexuality is only expressed through personality and performance. If you were to watch this film in particular, you’d see it through the lens of what it is—normality. While it may not be your ‘normal’, you’re not the only person who exists. I think it’s also worthy to note that we don’t see a flamboyant character in this film at any point. That’s a heavy point in itself. Prejudice can’t protect you from the truth—sexuality is a fluid spectrum. Who are you to deem it any different?

While CopyWrite is a proud community partner of Milwaukee Film, what makes our job even easier is digesting top tier content. We hope to see you next year as it is not something you’d ever want to miss. 

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Happy Pride Month! | Celebrate with us by enjoying a few of these community partner film screenings at Milwaukee Film

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Take PRIDE in who YOU are!

/CW is celebrating Pride Month as a community partner for Milwaukee Film’s Pride Month programming. Check out these films that are sure to inspire!

Also be on the lookout for our instagram raffle where we will be giving away 2 tickets to each screening!

@copywritemag

Moonlight

Sat, Jun 18 2022 7:00pm

But I’m A Cheerleader

Sun, Jun 05 2022 7:00pm

Join us on Instagram Live Today, May 19th 11am | Critics & Coffee

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Today on Instagram Live!!!!

The “Out of the Picture” team will return on Thursday with the latest edition of Critics & Coffee, a quick, deeply personal and caffeinated conversation among art critics on Instagram Live. You can catch it all here tomorrow at @marylouises, 10 am MT/11 am CT ☕️

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Proud Community Partners of Milwaukee Film Fest

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Join your /CW Fam at Milwaukee Film Fest at these CopyWrite Magazine sponsored screenings:

BEBA: 

5/3/2022 | 7:30 p.m. - At the Oriental Theater (Lubar Cinema)

LET THE LITTLE LIGHT SHINE: 

4/23/2022 | 12:15 p.m. - At the Oriental Theater (Abele Cinema)

5/1/2022 | 6:00 p.m. - At the Times Cinema

QUEEN OF GLORY:

 4/24/2022 | 4:00 p.m. - At the Times Cinema

4/29/2022 | 9:30 p.m. - At the Oriental Theater (Abele Cinema)

THE MILWAUKEE SHOW I:

4/25/2022 | 7:30 p.m. - At the Oriental Theater (Abele Cinema)