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VR Will Make an Appearance at the Milwaukee Women's Festival

7/29/2016

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by Stephen Milek
The Milwaukee Women's Festival is getting high tech.
There are lots of great movies coming to the first ever Milwaukee Women's Festival but one of the most exciting things coming has to be the Virtual Reality film Across the Line. The film puts viewers in the footsteps of a women going to planned parenthood for an abortion.

For many women going to a Planned Parenthood can be a traumatic experience. Not only do they have to make a difficult decision but they have to walk through a wall of protesters that harass them the whole way there. The film wants you to experience the mocking and name calling that these women have to go through. The VR uses actual audio from protesters so nothing is exaggerated for the film. So those are actual people yelling "whore" and "you're going to burn in hell". The movie was funded by Planned Parenthood with the goal of to help viewers understand what some women go through to access abortion services" (read more of their statement here).

The film has Milwaukee roots too. Brad Lichtenstein of 371 Productions teamed up with Jeff Fitzsimmons of Custom Reality Services to make this one of the kind film. No stranger to controversial films Brad's previous work includes As Goes Janesville which was screened at the Milwaukee Film Festival a few years ago.

Festival Creator and Director Andrea Thompson first experienced the Across the Line at the Chicago Feminist Film Festival. When she started putting together her festival she knew this was something she wanted to have. While the films at the festival represent a wide range of topics she knew this would be something different and maybe a bit controversial. But the hope is that it will open up conversations and help people see things from a different perspective.

You will be able to experience it yourself at the opening night event on August 19th. Tickets for the event are $15 and include live band and catered food. Tickets available here
For more information check out their website
also check out the 10 questions interview we did with Andrea.
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Milwaukee Womens Festival Announces Lineup

7/9/2016

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by Stephen Milek
Coming soon to Milwaukee is the Milwaukee Womens Festival and they announced their full lineup today.
With a great mix of features and shorts the festival is loaded with films by women or about women.

The festival opens on Friday August 19th. The opening night included the film The Ultimate No-Show about a women that deals with the aftermath of being conned. Then there will be an opening night party with music by Boom Boom Klap a band that describes themselves as "A 4-piece hip-hop ninja squad" and that sounds pretty crazy.

On Saturday there are even more movies. Particularly interesting are the late ngiht shorts being called "Bitchin Shorts" and comes with a graphic content warning. This has me very intrigued.

Sunday continues with more short blocks and features. The first short block starts at noon and the closing night film will be Women Outward Bound a documentary about the first girls to go to the Outward Bound Wilderness School.

Check out their page for the full schedule.

also check out our interview with founder Andrea Thompson
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    Chris

    A film fan from an early age, Chris is a true cinephile. Starting with his first big screen experience, Star Wars to the current indie films, it's obvious he is obsessed with film. Chris has been writing about film and television since the early days of the internet.
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