Milwaukee LGBT Film Festival Announces Opening and Closing Night Screenings

The Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival is pleased to announce the two films that will bookend this year's Festival. Spanning 11 consecutive days, the Festival opens on October 16 with a screening of Patrik-Ian Polk's BLACKBIRD and a special opening night reception at Beans & Barley immediately following. 52 TUESDAYS from Australian director Sophie Hyde closes the Festival on October 26, 2014.

The Festival kicks off at Milwaukee's Oriental Theatre with the screening of Blackbird beginning at 7:30 p.m. This engaging and powerful drama stars Mo'Nique as the mother in a young boy's coming out story. The film is an adaptation of Larry Duplechan's novel of the same name - hailed by many as the first post-Stonewall African American coming out novel.

Blackbird Trailer

Over the next 10 days, nearly two dozen films will offer viewers a lively and international mix of narrative features, documentaries, experimental media and short films. For a complete schedule of films, visit arts.uwm.edu/lgbtfilm and stay up-to-date via the festival's Facebook page.

The Festival buzz draws to a close at the UWM Union Theatre with 52 Tuesdays screening at 7 p.m. This Sundance Festival award-winning drama explores a teenage girl's adjustment to her mother's gender transition.

52 Tuesdays Trailer

Festival Director and UWM Film Faculty Carl Bogner has assembled yet another powerful and inspiring lineup of films for this year's festival. "The fall is a wonderfully rich time," notes Bogner. "AIDS Walk Wisconsin - with Tim Gunn; the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center's Big Night Out; the Milwaukee Film Festival. The Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival is thrilled to be a singular part of such a mix."

Tickets for Opening and Closing Nights are on sale now!
Purchase your tickets online for Blackbird and 52 Tuesdays, or by calling the Peck School of the Arts Box Office at 414-229-4308. Looking for ways to save? Ask our Box Office about Festival Passes!

The Festival is presented by the Department of Film, Video, Animation and New Genres in the UWM Peck School of the Arts and is made possible thanks to Festival Sponsor Joseph R. Pabst. The Festival - and Opening Night - are made possible thanks to the Cream City Foundation, the Wisconsin Gazette, Bronze Optical, Jack H. Smith of Shorewest Realtors, 88Nine Radio Milwaukee, WMSE and many other community partners, businesses and individuals. The Festival also acknowledges the essential support provided by UWM Union Programming, UWM Union Theatre, UWM's LGBT Resource Center, UWM Libraries, the UWM LGBT Studies program and our many other campus partners.

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