Social Cinema is organized in collaboration with the Wisconsin Union Directorate Film Committee, and is screened at the Marquee Theater, the beautiful state-of-the-art cinema in the new Union South, located at 1308 W. Dayton Street in Madison (Google map). The series is free and open to all.
For more information on each film, click on the links below.
Silenced
Wednesday, April 6, 7pm
In Silenced (directed by James Spione), three National Security whistleblowers fight to reveal the darkest corners of America’s war on terror, challenging a government that is increasingly determined to maintain secrecy.The Bad Kids
Wednesday, April 13, 7pm
In The Bad Kids (directed by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe), a group of teachers at a Mojave Desert high school take an unconventional approach to improve the lives of their struggling students.The Homestretch
Wednesday, April 20, 7pm
In The Homestretch (directed by Anne de Mare and Kirsten Kelly), three homeless teenagers brave Chicago winters, the pressures of high school, and life alone on the streets to build a better future.Food Patriots
Wednesday, April 27, 7pm
Touched by his football player son’s battle with a foodborne superbug, a reluctant dad documents his family’s unlikely journey into a world of Food Patriots (directed by Jeff Spitz).The Illusionists
Wednesday, May 4, 7pm
Sex sells. What sells even more? Insecurity. The Illusionists (directed by Elena Rossini) examines the multi-billion dollar industries that saturate our lives with images of unattainable beauty, exporting body hatred from New York to Beirut to Tokyo.