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Since 2014, Black Lens has worked to bring films and documentaries to the festival that spotlight emerging and established Black storytellers.
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There is both a positive and thorny legacy that the 1997 film “Chasing Amy” has in the LGBTQ community. The new documentary "Chasing Chasing Amy" provides a new outlook on the complicated classic indie, both for its director Sav Rodgers and the people who made it.
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When Franco Stevens realized she was a lesbian, there was hardly any representation of queer women. So in 1990, she decided to change that and founded "Curve" — the best-selling lesbian lifestyle magazine that still exists today.
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The experimental documentary from Milwaukee filmmaker Jesse Mclean explores the relationships — and social contract — between people and the plants we live with.
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A new documentary offers a nuanced exploration of a little-known chapter of America's atomic bomb history.
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Wisconsin has an impressive, homegrown motorcycle racing scene that’s supported many riders from childhood well into adulthood as professional racers. One of those racers was West Allis native Charlotte Kainz. The documentary "Angels of Dirt" traces Kainz's meteoric rise in Flat Track racing and the larger community she impacted.
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In the new documentary, filmmaker Yinan Wang documents how he and his wife are separated from their US-born daughter when travel between the two countries they call home is shut down.
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The documentary “No One Asked You” highlights a unique approach to activism in the fight for abortion rights — humor.
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Before Fred Rogers and Jim Henson, Shari Lewis was the true pioneer of children’s television. A new documentary looks into Lewis' career and the pop culture impact she and her trusty sock puppet Lamb Chop had on generations of viewers.
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Starting on April 11, the Milwaukee Film Festival is returning to local screens for its 16th year. It features 300 films from local, national, and international filmmakers that show off a wide array of topics and formats for 15 days.