Wednesday, February 13, 6:30pm The Devil We Know is the story of how one synthetic chemical, used to make Teflon products, contaminated a West Virginia community. But new research hints at a much broader problem: nearly all Americans are affected by exposure to non-stick chemicals in food, drinking water, and consumer products.
Wednesday, February 20, 6:30pm Invisible Lines is a frank, unscripted conversation about segregation, racism, and discrimination by a diverse pool of Milwaukeeans (activists, artists, students, and historians all participate).
Wednesday, February 27, 6:30pm We humans are a force of nature. At the same time human activities alter the basic elements of life – earth, air, water, and fire – those elements change human life. In an arresting new documentary from the producers of Racing Extinction, The Cove and Chasing Ice, environmental photographer James Balog captures the lives of everyday Americans on the front lines of climate change.
Wednesday, March 6, 6:30pm Renowned media scholar Robert McChesney traces how the democratizing potential of the internet has been radically compromised by the logic of capitalism and the unaccountable power of a handful of telecom and tech monopolies.
Wednesday, March 13, 6:00pm Amidst a landmark class action lawsuit over illegal policing quotas, Crime + Punishment chronicles the remarkable efforts and struggles of a group of black and Latino whistleblower cops and the young minorities they are pressured to arrest in New York City.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.