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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.
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Before producer Josh Rosenberg embarked on his career in filmmaking, he studied broadcast journalism at UW-Milwaukee and even interned at WUWM.
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The consequences of climate change and the loss of cultural traditions often go hand-in-hand in places like the Bolivian highlands. The film “Utama” captures this by following the daily lives of an elderly Quechua couple. Director Alejandro Loayza Grisi joins Lake Effect's Audrey Nowakowski to share more about the film.
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The documentary argues the “David vs. Goliath” battle is only the latest chapter in the Band’s long fight for sovereignty.
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Milwaukee-area filmmakers Mike Cheslik and Ryland Brickson Cole Tews have been making videos together since they were 14-years-old. The pair joins Lake Effect's Audrey Nowakowski to talk about their most recent feature film “Hundreds of Beavers” — a modern silent, supernatural, winter epic of a slapstick comedy.