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Film Girl Film Festival to Feature First Ever Wisconsin Shorts Block

The Wisconsin Shorts Block will begin at 2:30pm on Saturday, October 13.

By - Oct 2nd, 2018 02:06 pm

The Third Annual Film Girl Film Festival will be featuring its first Wisconsin Shorts Block, series of shorts that focus on Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Shorts Block will begin at 2:30pm on Saturday, October 13, at the Underground Collaborative, 161 West Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee. Filmmaker Q&As will follow.

The following short films will be featured as part of the Wisconsin Shorts Block: “Marieke,” which explores the life and craft of Marieke Penterman, acclaimed Dutch Gouda cheesemaker from Thorp, Wisconsin, “The Other Shoe,” about an impoverished couple trying to make a life together, “The Faces of Wisconsin,” a poetic documentary which seeks to learn about places by learning about the women who live there, “Black Lives Matter: A Short Experimental Film,” where six black women dancers interpret the struggles of racism and police brutality through their movements, “This is Para Con,” about Milwaukee’s third paranormal conference,“Sherman Park Rising,” a doc which explores how residents of Sherman Park expressed their feelings of unrest through a community mural project.
 
For the full Festival Schedule and list of films, visit filmgirlfilm.com. Additional information can also be found on the Fest’s Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages.

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. It has not been verified for its accuracy or completeness.

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