Milwaukee Film is celebrating Black History Month with 40 films and dozens of events to inspire conversation, celebration and community.
This week, Milwaukee Film celebrates Black Love and Joy with three live-streamed events. Each one will be streamed on the Madison365 Facebook page as well as the Black Lens Facebook page and the Milwaukee Film YouTube channel.
Pleasure Politics: Desire, Agency and Black Women’s Engagements with Pleasure
Monday, Feb. 8, 7 p.m. (CST)
Pioneering author, award-winning journalist, Joan Morgan, Ph.D. leads a conversation about Black visual culture, expressly depictions of Black women in media and popular culture.
- Dr. Joan Morgan, Program Director of The Institute of African American Affairs & Center for Black Visual Culture, New York University
- Dr. Treva Lindsey, Associate Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, The Ohio State University
Moderated by Dr. Shoniqua Roach, Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Brandeis University
Streaming live on the Milwaukee Film YouTube channel, the Black Lens Facebook page and the Madison365 Facebook page
Girl Dads: Defining Tender Masculinity
Wednesday, Feb. 10, 6 p.m. (CST)
Informed by the “Black Love & Joy” short films program, United Way’s Shannon Reed pictured) leads a group of prominent local Black men in a discussion about fatherhood’s joys and the importance of being positive examples, particularly for their daughters.
- Joshua Liston, Melanated Daddy
- Chike Johnson, Actor/Director,
- Dameon Ellzey, 15th District Legislative Assistant
- Derrick Rogers, Program Director, 414 LIFE, Uniting Garden Homes, Inc.
- Harry Evans, Founder & Director of The Ironsville Collective
Moderated by Shannon Reed, Director of Innovative Strategies for Boys and Men of Color, United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County
Streaming live on the Milwaukee Film YouTube channel, the Black Lens Facebook page and the Madison365 Facebook page
Black Oxygen Podcast LIVE: A Black Woman’s Worth
Thursday, Feb. 11, 6 p.m. (CST)
“Black Oxygen” is a weekly podcast dedicated to amplifying Black voices throughout Wisconsin. This week, host Angela Russell is joined by a diverse group of Black women to discuss depictions of Black love and romance on screen.
- Winter Dunn, Filmmaker (Junebug)
- Sabrina Madison, Founder, Miss Progress
- Dasha Kelly, Wisconsin Poet Laureate
- Krystal Hardy, Professional make-up artist and writer
- Genia Stevens, Non-profit executive, marketing strategist
Hosted by Angela Russell, Black Oxygen Podcast
Streaming live on the Milwaukee Film YouTube channel, the Black Lens Facebook page and the Madison365 Facebook page
