Documentaries

In this short documentary, Liv Weiss takes us to a Milwaukee underground music venue called The Washroom. Once a basement laundry room, the venue opened up about a year ago and has created a valuable space for the local music scene to thrive.

In the 1800s, northern Wisconsin loggers claimed to see a creature with “spikes all the way down the entire length of its body with a fistful of needle-sharp pointed spears at the end of his tail… fangs that would rival a saber tooth tiger and could rip out the belly of the biggest bear.” As […]

In this short documentary, Madelyn Heimsch introduces us to Dominic Dean, a high school senior who has always been passionate about food and loved trying new cuisines from a young age. Because he is on the autism spectrum, Dominic struggled with reading and writing, and when he entered high school, his parents and teachers came […]

In this short documentary, Joshua Groninger invites us into his house to meet his dad, Craig. During the pandemic, he learned how to brew beer and now his garage is the setting for this hobby that helps him ease his mind.

Carole Dudek is a 76 year old woman who has gone through several medical emergencies (two knee replacements, quadruple bypass, back surgeries, cancer, etc), the death of her husband, and now the loss of sight in her right eye. In this short documentary, Morgan Betchkal shows us the experience of her elderly grandmother losing her […]

Grace Pagel takes us on a trip to Madison, WI, where a local band invites us into their house and stage. Meet Commonwealth.

People might think that being a member of the the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) is just waking up at 5 a.m, exercising, and going to college classes. But in this short documentary, Alexis Treadway shows us there is a lot more that can come from the program. 

Meet Tyler. He founded UWM’s only A Cappella group called Public Hearing. Through rehearsals and a final performance, they prove that A cappella is more than singing: there is choreography involved as well. Samantha Calderon tells us more in this short documentary.

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student journalists travel to Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin to shed light on issues not covered by the mainstream media.

Meet Maggie. She trains about 30 hours a week and has been since she was a little kid. Her parents are her head coaches, and they have all traveled around the country competing. In this short documentary, Maddie Heimsch shows us how a level 10 gymnast prepares for her final meet season.

Meet Theodore Matlin, a skydive pilot working to get his commercial license. In this short documentary, Dominique Hamilton introduces us to this pilot who has his own plane and enjoys maintaining it and explaining the different parts his aircraft has.

In this short documentary, Henry Dunsirn brings us inside Lilliput Records, an independent record store that rose from the ashes of the Exclusive Company at 1669 N. Farwell Ave.