Documentaries

Meet Keridan Velasquez, a young woman who went from being a 14 year old with a dream to a 22 year old with a thriving photography business. Payton Bachochin tells us her story in this short documentary.

Meet Guadalupe, a local young woman in recovery after a decade-long heroin addiction. Prior to her addiction, Guadalupe enjoyed expressing her creativity through art. However, the effects of her long-term drug abuse robbed her of her artistic abilities. In this short documentary, Larissa Rongholt interviews Guadalupe and shows us how she has switched her creative […]

Jarrett is a student at Marquette and also a very talented musician. He makes beats from scratch and then sells them online to musicians around the world. In this short documentary, Grant Sanger shows us Jarrett’s process from start to finish, and how he hopes to make a living off of his talent.

Current FAA medical examination laws are having a negative impact on pilots. In this short documentary, Kaylin Hart exposes the difficulties they go through to obtain a medical certificate from an aviation medical examiner due to several disqualifying disorders and conditions that invalidate several capable pilots every year. Many of them leave mental illnesses untreated […]

Meet Niko, a local worker who collects rocks and crystals. In this short documentary by Maribel Guarin, she explores how he got into collecting, how he interacts with the items in his collection, and his shopping process.

In this short documentary, Jeromey Hodsdon introduces us to Midnight Angel, a local band of female musicians that will be returning to the stage this Summer after a hiatus caused by the pandemic.

In this short documentary, Cherita Booker shows us what it’s like to return to school while also navigating online classes during the pandemic.

In this short documentary, Samantha Blackstad introduces us to a local young musician who has been keeping busy during the pandemic by creating his own songs and music videos.

In the midst of a global pandemic, this group of friends found a way to still get together in a safe manner. Every Sunday, you can find them cycling and staying active in Wisconsin.

Meet Tiff Polzin, a third-year student at UWM studying music theater, dance and psychology. Being constantly overbooked and doing school primarily virtually this semester due to COVID-19 has brought on a lot of anxiety for this self-proclaimed perfectionist. In this short documentary, Brianna Schubert shows us the struggle and beauty of endlessly striving to be […]

Audrianna Hutchinson introduces us to Jakayla Bridges, a young local who has overcome struggles in life and is now making waves in the TikTok makeup universe.

Matthew Hollendonner takes us into a ghost campus: UW-Milwaukee during Spring 2021. Student workers struggle with online classes and barely interact with people on the job due to Covid restrictions.