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The documentary follows Milwaukee community activist Vaun Mayes as he works alongside those most affected by cycles of violence, systemic neglect and polarizing policing.

A Milwaukee filmmaker asks what the American dream looks like for workers today and what happened to the jobs that once helped build it.

"First They Came For My College" explores the political takeover of New College in Florida and what it means for schools around the country. It's playing at the Milwaukee Dialogues Documentary film festival.

Immigration stories often focus on what’s gained and the dreams fulfilled. But what gets left behind? Filmmakers Eddie Sánchez and Madeline McGuire look into the price of assimilation in their films.

After 28 years, MSFF is the city’s longest running film festival honoring local filmmaking. This will “most likely” be its last year, the festival director says.

Lake Effect's Audrey Nowakowski goes to the projectionist’s booth at Milwaukee's Oriental Theater to find out what it takes to show movies on film.

“Horsegirls” is an independent film about Margarita, a young woman with autism who discovers the world of hobby horsing while trying to prove her independence to her mother — stick horse and all.

Beyond Our Senses is a new documentary that follows thousands of Bank swallows as they migrate from South America to Milwaukee's bluffs in the spring.

“Winter Hymns” is a Wisconsin-made film about a day in the life of a palliative care doctor, written and directed by Nathan Deming.

You can catch the "Beacons of Brew City" documentary at the Oriential Theatre on June 16 at 6 p.m. The exhibit will be at Style Pop Cafe through June 21.