Cream City Session: Generationals

A group of UWM film students take The New Orleans band Generationals on a uniquely Milwaukee adventure and then record that band’s performance in a historic venue.

Passing the Baton

The Milwaukee Striders Track Club was started to provide Milwaukee boys and girls an opportunity to build their track, academic and civic skills through participation in a community characterized by hard work and love. For over 30 years, the Striders ran on the dedication of its founder Joe Sims. This film follows a new generation of Striders as they attempt to carry on the values and principles that helped Joe Sims turn the Striders into a premiere track club.

Water Docs: Dr. John A. Berges

Dr. John A Berges and this documentary portrait of his work are part the Water Docs project – a series of short documentaries that showcase fresh water researchers in southeastern Wisconsin.

Made By:
Julie Holpfer

Chosen Towns (excerpt)

From Rhinelander to Kenosha, and everywhere in between, Jews have been a part of more than 300 communities across the state of Wisconsin. Chosen Towns tells their story through the voices of nine Jewish families spanning the breadth of the state and 150 years.

My Way Home (trailer)

MY WAY HOME is a documentary film that chronicles a young Hmong – American woman’s journey to reconnect with her past. Born in the jungles of Laos but raised in the United States, twenty-two year old Hmong filmmaker Dao Chang wants to make films about her culture.

Leah Schreiber: Artist Portrait

Artist Portraits are brief documentaries of instructors and students from the Peck School of the Arts .  The project was originally designed as an exercise to help doc|UWM students get used to our equipment and to practice the art of documentary filmaking. The first series was produced in the Spring of …

Weighing In

Poetry Everywhere is poetry cinema — on buses television, the Web, and anywhere else that features a screen. It’s a first of its kind, innovative ongoing effort to introduce new audiences to a wide selection of great poetry. Here are fifteen short films, each created by students working with doc|UWM,  in association with the Poetry Foundation.

Bert’s Story

Bert’s Story is part of the S.A.N.E. (Stop Abuse and Neglect of Elders) project – a series of short documentaries that help to identify the various forms of abuse and neglect.

Made By:
Student Filmmakers: Brady Holden & James Michaels