{"id":1994835,"date":"2025-09-03T15:26:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T15:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1994835"},"modified":"2025-09-03T15:26:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T15:26:19","slug":"highlights-of-2025-dialogues-documentary-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/highlights-of-2025-dialogues-documentary-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights of 2025 Dialogues Documentary Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mkefilm.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Milwaukee Film's;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Milwaukee Film&#8217;s<\/a> second annual <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mkefilm.org\/dialogues-documentary-fest\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dialogues Documentary Festival;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Dialogues Documentary Festival<\/a> aims to spark conversations on the widest range of topics imaginable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But it&#8217;s also about helping moviegoers escape, according to Milwaukee Film artistic director Cara Ogburn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThis year, we \u2026 tried to turn down the dial a little bit on \u2018hard\u2019 topics, topics that are maybe inundating us in the news all day, every day, and turn up the dial a little on \u2026 fun and joy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The full lineup for the documentary festival, screening Sept. 18-21 at the Oriental and Downer theaters, was released Sept. 3. The program includes 31 movies and three programs of documentary shorts. For a look at the full lineup, go to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mkefilm.org\/dialogues-documentary-fest\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:mkefilm.org\/ddf.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>mkefilm.org\/ddf.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>The documentary &#8220;Boy George &amp; Culture Club&#8221; gets the inside story on the 1980s band&#8217;s highs and lows.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Movies on the festival&#8217;s opening night include &#8220;Boy George &amp; Culture Club,&#8221; a documentary on the 1980s hitmakers with the band members themselves charting the highs and lows, showing at 7 p.m. Sept. 18 at the Oriental.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Those kinds of documentaries really connected with audiences at the Milwaukee Film Festival this spring, Ogburn said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt was a lens that we went into this year wanting, knowing what kind of response to the films at the Milwaukee Film Festival was,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cFor the Milwaukee Film Festival, the documentaries felt, even when they were possibly challenging topics, they weren\u2019t overtly political but they were more interested in exploring something without recreating divisiveness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Film festival goers also are interested in panels and filmmaker talkbacks after screenings. Although planning is still in the works for this year&#8217;s festival, Ogburn predicted about 40% of the movies will have some talkback\/conversation component.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Finding venues for post-movie conversations is still a work in progress. One of the most-used locations during this spring&#8217;s Milwaukee Film Festival, Triple Taproom &amp; Kitchen on North Avenue near the Oriental, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/triple-taproom-milwaukees-east-side-160814290.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:closed its doors in August.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">closed its doors in August.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In addition to connecting documentaries with engaged audiences, festivals are a key way for the movies to get seen at all. Unlike feature films, documentaries don&#8217;t have as many theatrical opportunities as most feature films do.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cFilm festivals really feel like a critical piece of theatrical (release) for documentaries,&#8221; Ogburn said. &#8220;That\u2019s on us to keep providing that.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">New titles unveiled for 2025 Dialogues Documentary Festival<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Other highlights on the 2025 Dialogues Documentary Festival schedule unveiled Sept. 3:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>&#8220;Shuffle&#8221;:<\/strong> The grand jury award winner of the 2025 SXSW Film Festival follows three people trying to survive as they work their way through the fraud-ridden substance-abuse treatment industry. Showing at 2:30 p.m. Sept. 19, Oriental.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>&#8220;Stolen Kingdom&#8221;:<\/strong> This documentary explores the &#8220;underground community&#8221; at Walt Disney World, revealing a history of scandal and crime at the happiest place on earth. 8:30 p.m. Sept. 20, Oriental.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Black farmers strive to reclaim their agricultural heritage in &quot;Farming While Black.&quot;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/7U_577ENYbsRDi6xaZRDWw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/milwaukee-journal-sentinel\/d899fd94312420db61ddbcfbbd175790\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Black farmers strive to reclaim their agricultural heritage in &#8220;Farming While Black.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>&#8220;Farming While Black&#8221;:<\/strong> Filmmakers chronicle efforts by Black farmers to reclaim their agricultural heritage after a century of discrimination and dispossession. 11:30 a.m. Sept. 20, Oriental.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>&#8220;An Unquiet Mind&#8221;:<\/strong> Portraits of three people living with obsessive-compulsive disorder reveal the humanity behind the misunderstood condition. 3:30 p.m. Sept. 21, Oriental.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>&#8220;We Are Pat&#8221;:<\/strong> Julia Sweeney&#8217;s androgynous character Pat, who appeared in a dozen sketches on &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; in the 1990s, was the punchline of every scene \u2014 specifically, the rest of the characters tried to guess Pat&#8217;s gender. The character \u2014 and those punchlines \u2014 carry a different meaning today, as unpacked by this documentary about nonconformity and being seen. 5:30 p.m. Sept. 20, Oriental.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Hege and Odin in &quot;Folktales.&quot;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/V3BWA6ISPzUSwVjOSIjFIg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/milwaukee-journal-sentinel\/ddd3a7cf25e11e30f3ad9fd5d88890dc\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Hege and Odin in &#8220;Folktales.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>&#8220;Folktales&#8221;:<\/strong> Filmmakers tag along as three teenagers enroll in a \u201cfolk high school\u201d in northern Norway, where the curriculum swaps technology and social media for sled dogs and frozen tundra. 2:30 p.m. Sept. 19, Downer.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"An Israeli American family's efforts to retrieve their daughter after she was kidnapped by Hamas during the Oct. 7 attack are the focus of &quot;Holding Liat.&quot;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"506\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/wJqk59n2i3J7K0OExQCWXw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUwNjtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/milwaukee-journal-sentinel\/3add1b0739be4f25456385d0ea8d11ba\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>An Israeli American family&#8217;s efforts to retrieve their daughter after she was kidnapped by Hamas during the Oct. 7 attack are the focus of &#8220;Holding Liat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>&#8220;Holding Liat&#8221;:<\/strong> The movie follows the efforts of an Israeli American family to fight for release of their daughter taken hostage by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. 6:30 p.m. Sept. 18, Oriental.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Individual tickets go on sale Sept. 3 for Milwaukee Film members and Sept. 4 for the general public. Tickets for individual movies are $15, $13 for Milwaukee Film members, at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mkefilm.org\/dialogues-documentary-fest\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:mkefilm.org\/ddf;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>mkefilm.org\/ddf<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Passes and ticket packages for the festival also are available: all-access passes are $65 ($50 for Milwaukee Film members), ticket six-packs at $80 ($65 for members) and 10-packs for $120 ($100 for members).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/09\/03\/boy-george-ocd-among-topics-at-milwaukee-film-documentary-festival\/85870983007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Boy George, OCD among topics at Milwaukee Film documentary festival;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Boy George, OCD among topics at Milwaukee Film documentary festival<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Milwaukee Film&#8217;s second annual Dialogues Documentary Festival aims to spark conversations on the widest range of topics imaginable. 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