23 movies you should check out at the 2021 Milwaukee Film Festival, which is all-online (yes, again) Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
For the first time in its 13-year history, the Milwaukee Film Festival is a spring thing.
Kicking off less than seven months after the 2020 festival ended, the 2021 film festival runs May 6-20. Just like last year s, it s exclusively online.
There are two ways to take in the movies showing as part of the festival: via Milwaukee Film s site, at
mkefilm.org/festival, and through apps available on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Android TV. For an easy-to-follow guide, go to
After an evening spent with old friends, Claude Motley stepped into his car and closed the door. Someone knocked on his window, and Claude found himself with a gun pointed in his face. He slammed on the gas. The gunman fired a single round at the car, which struck Motley in the jaw.
When Claude Got Shot is a documentary that works as a remedy to the narrow ways in which we categorize and understand crime. By thoroughly examining the occurrence and fallout from a single shooting, director and producer Brad Lichtenstein dismantles our fixed understandings of shootings, victimhood, and justice. It s a rare film that demonstrates how we might compassionately address issues through a deeper understanding of their nature.