Kiki - second screening added!

Second screening added! Sara Jordenö & Twiggy Pucci Garçon's KIKI A stirring documentary about LGBTQ youth-of-color and the inspiration and agency they find in the community and performance of the Kiki scene, an artistic and activist collective legendary for its exhilarating ballroom shows. KIKI introduces us to the youth who energize this world. They contend with homelessness, illness, and prejudice as they assert expressions of identity and fight for social justice. (94 min., 2016) Winner: + Teddy Award: Best Documentary, 2016 Berlin Film Festival + Kathleen Bryan Edwards Award for Human Rights, 2016 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival + OUTFEST's Special Programming Award for Emerging Talent: Directors Twiggy Pucci Garçon and Sara Jordanö Film’s website: http://www.kikithemovie.com/ ++++++++++++++++++ "Exhilarating -- a must see " -- Manhola Dargis, New York Times "Joyous, genuinely inspiring" -- Richard Lawson, Vanity Fair " Wonderfully alive and emotional" -- Kenneth Turan, LA Times "Sad, proud, loud, funny. energetic and affecting" -- Fionnuala Halligan, Screen Daily "It’s an ultimately uplifting film and one that doesn’t patronize of placate." -- Lanri Bakare, The Guardian +++++++ Sponsor: DIVERSE & RESILIENT FORGE Campus Partner: UWM DEPARTMENT OF DANCE +++++++ Tickets: $10 General $8 Seniors and Union Cinema passholders Students: free! +++++++ See everything with an All-Festival pass! Or see film(s) at the Union Cinema with a friend of two: secure a Sixer Pass!* (* good for admissions at Union Cinema only) Tickets available through link on this page or via the Union Cinema Box Office (30 minutes before showtime) and Peck School of the Arts Box Office. Passes are available in advanced at the Peck School of the Arts Box Office and at the Festival table during the Festival. Peck School of the Arts Box Office is located on the ground floor of the Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts at 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd. Fall semester hours (beginning September 6): Monday–Friday, 11AM–5PM. (414) 229-4308 // psoatix@uwm.edu +++++++ The 31st Annual Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival opens on Wednesday, October 12th and continues October 14-23. The Festival is presented by the Department of Film, Video, Animation, and New Genres in the UWM Peck School of the Arts. The Festival is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Cream City Foundation, Wisconsin Gazette, 88Nine Radio Milwaukee, Milwaukee Pride, Jack H. Smith of Shorewest Realtors, Bronze Optical, and Joseph R. Pabst. For complete schedule information see: https://uwm.edu/lgbtfilmfestival/