Documentaries

Milwaukee’s magnificent history is a tapestry woven of culture, but beneath it’s beautiful, vibrant city lies the legacy of a haunted past, laden with ghost stories, lost phenomena, and eerie experiences. This short documentary guides viewers through the city’s most notorious hauntings, it explores local lore, witness testimony, and paranormal probes that have contributed to […]

The night can be such a mysterious place, filled with wonder and beauty, some even find it a more calming time of the day, its quietness, its isolation, many enjoy its embrace. For others, the dark can be a threatening place, a cover for the unknown, a certain pull to gaze into the masses of […]

The Milwaukee Democratic Socialists of America are fighting to put the city’s energy infrastructure in the hands of the public. Since 2022, they’ve called the campaign Power to the People. Now they are running their first candidate for the city council. It’s a high-stakes race, and it will decide the future of the movement.

How do dance groups even begin? Sometimes it starts as simply as a group of girls wanting to dance even beyond college. Krush was founded off of a college group, HYPE, when a couple of girls decided they wanted to found their own group just for women. Since then, they’ve endured the pandemic, changes in […]

Tucked away in the heart of the east side of Milwaukee, Carini’s Southern Italian Restaurant is more than just a restaurant. Located on Oakland Avenue near UW-Milwaukee’s campus, it’s a living testament to the power of family, tradition, and passion of a beautiful culture.

A Room of One’s Own, established 1975 in downtown Madison, is Wisconsin’s oldest queer, feminist bookstore and one of only 14 queer bookstores left in America today. Join director Ashley Harrison in an intimate conversation about the store’s past, present, and future with current Room employees Gretchen Treu and Fawzy Taylor.

Comic Books are seen as a fad industry, where sales can be unpredictable. Fallen from their place in the mainstream, comic book stores must adapt in order to survive. In this short documentary, Casmir Byrne shows us how two local shops are dealing with the current scenario.

Dr. Swarnjit Arora is a retired economics professor at UWM who has worked in higher education for over 50 years. Born in colonial-era British Subcontinent, he had to relocate from modern day Pakistan to India (moving between refugee camps for most of his early life until he settled in Punjab), and later went on to […]

Emmanuel Rogers; also known as Manocutz, is a well-known barber, entrepreneur and content creator in the Milwaukee community. The 26- year-old Milwaukee native has always had a passion for cutting hair and is always looking for new ways to grow his clientele. With a busy work schedule, Manny finds ways toincorporate marketing for his clothing […]

Brew-jas Coffee House MKE is a local, family-owned coffeeshop on the south side of Milwaukee. They are relatively new, opening in October of 2024. The short documentary will follow the day-to-day experience of being a Brew-ja’s barista and include an interview with either a manager or one of the owners. What sets Brew-jas apart is […]

Samantha Goldman is a passionate violinist and first chair in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee orchestra. From a young age, Sam has always had a deep love for music, spending countless hours practicing, performing, and immersing herself in the world of classical and contemporary sound. Now a college student, she is chasing her dream of one […]

Karin’s from Myanmar, a country ravaged by civil war. Over the course of his life he has had to flee country after country traveling his way through Thailand, Malaysia and eventually ending up in Milwaukee through the UNCHR. Though he has made a new home in Milwaukee, he keeps the parts of his home country […]