SUPA MODO
Kenya/Germany | 2018 | 1hr 14 min | Fiction English/Kikuyu/Swahili with English subtitles
Prepare yourselves for the most heartwarming film of 2018. Terminally ill 9-year-old Jo is obsessed
with action movies and dreams of being a superhero. In an attempt to make these
dreams come true, her entire village bands together to bring comfort to her final days and
turn Jo into the courageous hero that they already know her to be. Beautiful and bittersweet,
this paean to the power of imagination will tug at your heartstrings (be sure to pack Kleenex)
while reminding you that heroes are everywhere.
ON HER SHOULDERS
USA | 2018 | 1hr 35 min | Documentary
At the age of 21, Nadia Murad (a member of the Yazidi religious minority) was kidnapped and enslaved
by ISIS, subjected to rape and abuse before she miraculously escaped. Many of her fellow Yazidis were not
so lucky, so Nadia tirelessly campaigns to politicans and lawmakers in an effort to bring awareness to their
plight—relitigating the horrors she endured endlessly yet refusing to buckle under the pressure of representing
an entire people, a profound and inspiring portrait of quiet poise in the face of unimaginable pressure. Nadia
Murad is the 2018 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
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FREE SOLO
USA | 2018 | 1hr 37 min | Documentary
From award-winning documentary filmmaker E. Chai Vasarhelyi and world-renowned photographer
and mountaineer Jimmy Chin, the directors of “MERU,” comes Free Solo, a stunning, intimate
and unflinching portrait of free soloist climber Alex Honnold, as he prepares to achieve
his lifelong dream: climbing the face of the world’s most famous rock, the 3,200-foot El Capitan
in Yosemite National Park, without a rope. Celebrated as one of the greatest athletic feats of any
kind, Honnold’s climb set the ultimate standard: perfection or death. Succeeding in this challenge
places his story in the annals of human achievement.
SHOPLIFTERS
Japan | 2018 | 2hr 1 min | Fiction | Japanese with English subtitles
Winner of the Palme d’Or, the latest from multi-Milwaukee Film Festival veteran
Hirokazu Kore-eda tells the story of a multigenerational family barely able
to make ends meet by engaging in shoplifting and petty crime. When they
discover a seemingly abandoned child and care for her as one of their own, it sets into
motion a series of reveals that will threaten the bond that holds them together.
This is a “miraculous” (IndieWire) work capable of shattering your heart and putting it back
together again.
SATAN & ADAM
USA |2018 | 1hr 18 min | Documentary
At first glance, the biracial blues duo Satan and Adam appeared to be diametrically opposed:
a Jewish Ivy League graduate playing harmonica alongside the legendary Black Mississippi
blues man Sterling “Mr. Satan” Magee in New York City? Somehow it worked, an unlikely pair that nevertheless
complemented each other perfectly through their music. Garnering the attention of the band, U2, and
releasing a celebrated debut album seemed to have them primed for stardom, but their rise was cut short
by Mr. Satan’s mysterious and sudden disappearance.
THE LAST SUIT (EL ÚLTIMO TRAJE)
Argentina/Spain | 2017 |1hr 32 min | Fiction | Spanish w/ English Subtitles
In the twilight of his life, Holocaust survivor Abraham leaves behind his life in Argentina in an effort to find
the friend who saved him from almost certain death in Poland. This moving road trip dramedy chronicles the
comic and poignant bumps as Abraham makes his way across Europe, both helping and receiving help from
the people he meets.
Approaching its weighty themes with a deft and light touch, The Last Suit is a globe-trotting adventure
filled with heart.