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2017 Social Cinema Series

Social Cinema is presented in collaboration with the Wisconsin Union Directorate Film Committee. The series is free and open to all.

For more information on each film, click on the links below.

  • A stylized graphic image of three black and white factories on a graduated blue background. The factories are rectangular in shape with four smokestacks (and smoke plumes) each. They are positioned at an angle so the factory fronts and sides are seen. The factories that appear in the front have 12 windows each. The factory in the back has 10 windows. Above the three factories, a black spoon is suspended. It holds a white cube (of sugar). The spoon and cube are set off by white stars.

    Sugar Coated

  • Three people clad in uniforms and helmets stand before the exterior of a brick facade. The person on the left wears a gas mask, holds a rifle with scope, and wears a vest from which zip ties hang. The mouthpiece of a headset can be seen on the person on the right. They wear a vest of some kind, and a gas mask appears to hang from it. The third person, also uniformed and helmeted, is obscured by the first person. The beam of a flashlight can be seen reflected on the lower portion of the brick facade. Most of the image is bathed in a yellow glow, likely from the lighting unseen above. In the background, windows with neons signs can be seen. In the far distance, a broom rests against a wall.

    Do Not Resist

  • A woman sits on a white paint-chipped bench. She has dark hair that has been pulled back. She wears a colorful red dress featuring black polka dots, some of which are outlined in yellow. Over her shoulders, a bright blue shawl hangs. She sits behind a worn white sewing machine. Her hands are clasped and resting on the base of the machine. Behind her, two columns of women sit at similar work stations. Some wear shawls over their heads. Fluorescent lighting can be seen, and a male figure with dark hair, mustache, and beard is standing near the women in the second column. This location suggests a sweatshop.

    The True Cost

  • A divided terracotta bowl is surrounded by multicolored cobs of flint corn. The bowl contains kernels of flint corn in tones of black on the left and orange on the right.

    Seed: The Untold Story

  • A stylized graphic featuring the outline of the continental United States on a black background. Within the US shape, silhouetted images of reporters and politicians have been collaged together, and they are black and white in tone. The figure of a man with short white hair in a navy suit, blue tie, and white button-down shirt is featured. His right arm is extended in a wave-like gesture.

    The Occupation of the American Mind

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