The Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival returns for its 28th year
The festival opens tonight at the Oriental with "I Am Divine," a doc on the infamous drag queen of the same name, and continues through Sunday at UWM's Peck School of the Arts.
You thought all the best films in the city left with the Milwaukee Film Festival? Think again. Now in its 28th year, the Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival starts up tonight, presenting a weekend full of recent and classic LGBT-themed features and shorts.
The festival spans four days, so we’ve got four more pages of preview coverage for each. But just in case you’re feeling lazy, here’s the full list, along with links to individual days. All screenings (except the opening night screening of I Am Divine, tonight at the Oriental Theatre) are at UWM’s Union Theatre, at 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd. on the 2nd floor. Tickets are generally $9, $7 for students/seniors; opening night tickets are $15 and $10, respectively. If you’re looking to see multiple films, you can also get an unlimited Festival Pass for $75 or five tickets for the price of four ($35, $25 for students and seniors). To order, visit the festival’s online box office, call (414) 229-4308, or visit the PSOA box office, Outwords Books or the Oriental Theatre.
Thursday:
I Am Divine, 7:30 p.m. (Oriental Theatre)
Friday:
Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton, 5 p.m., free
Reaching for the Moon, 7 p.m.
Adulthood, Approximately: An Evening of Men’s Shorts, 9:30 p.m.
Saturday:
I Am A Woman Now, 11 a.m., free
The New Black, 1 p.m.
Valencia, 3 p.m.
In the Name Of, 5 p.m.
En Garde!: An Evening of Women’s Shorts, 7 p.m.
Stranger by the Lake, 9 p.m.
She Said Boom: The Story of Fifth Column, 11 p.m.
Sunday:
Lesbiana: A Parallel Revolution, 11 a.m., free
Bwakaw, 1 p.m., free with pet photo to share
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth, 3 p.m.
Rogue: An Evening of Trans* Shorts, 5 p.m.
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?, 7 p.m.
Guides
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