Thursday Night Movie Club: Wisconsin Film Festival and Madison Public Library Partner on New Film Series
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Madison Public Library and the Wisconsin Film Festival are partnering again to introduce Thursday Night Movie Club, a series of four film screenings held October through December at the Central Library.
Thursday Night Movie Club screenings will feature selections that premiered at Wisconsin Film Festival 2019 as part of the Wisconsin’s Own section of films. By showcasing the work of local regional filmmakers, Wisconsin’s Own celebrates films – narrative, documentary, experimental, or animated features and shorts — that reflect the creative spirit of our state.
“(This partnership) through yearly Sneak Peek events as well as pop-up screenings has been vital in extending the Festival's outreach into the greater Madison community and beyond,” says Wisconsin Film Festival’s Ben Reiser.
Two of Wisconsin Film Festival’s Golden Badger Winners will be shown, and all screenings will include a post-film discussion with filmmakers when available, moderated by Wisconsin Film Festival staff.
All screenings will take place at the Central Library at 201 W. Mifflin St. in downtown Madison.
Schedule of films:
- Played Out: Thursday, October 10, 6:30-8:45pm
(Filmmaker in attendance)
Directed by James Runde. A day in the life of quintessential Madisonians forms the loose-limbed, shaggy dog structure of this deliciously off-handed and self-assured first feature. A 2019 Golden Badger Award winner! - Pet Names: Thursday, November 21, 6:30-8:45pm
(Filmmaker in attendance)
Directed by Carol Brandt. When her chemotherapy patient mother urges her to take a vacation from playing nurse, grad school dropout Leigh invites her old high school boyfriend along on the camping trip. The two soon find that confronting old wounds during a weekend in the woods is anything but restful. - Elephant Path/Njaia Njoku: Thursday, December 12, 6:30-8:45pm
Directed by Todd McGrain. This urgent documentary, a feat of empathy, artistry, and derring-do, examines the plight of forest elephants in the Central African Republic and the people who protect them. A 2019 Golden Badger Award winner! - Yen Ching: Thursday, December 19, 6:30-8:45pm
(Filmmaker in attendance)
Directed by Yinan Wang. What starts as an appetizing, nuts-and-bolts documentary about Milwaukee's beloved Yen Ching restaurant ends as a layered and moving portrait of intergenerational differences and the Chinese-American immigrant experience.
For more information, visit madisonpubliclibrary.org/film
About the Wisconsin Film Festival
The Wisconsin Film Festival is presented by the University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of the Arts in association with the Department of Communication Arts. The Festival presents an average of 150 film screenings over 8 days every spring. Founded in 1999, it is the largest university-produced film festival in the nation.
About the Madison Public Library
Madison Public Library’s tradition of promoting education, literacy and community involvement has enriched the City of Madison for more than 140 years. Our nine locations throughout the City of Madison are open six days per week and welcome nearly 2 million visits each year. For more information, visit madisonpubliclibrary.org, Madison Public Library on FacebookMadiM, @madisonlibrary on Twitter, or @madisonpubliclibrary on Instagram.
About the Madison Public Library Foundation
Since 1993, Madison Public Library Foundation has been committed to developing sustainable and vibrant partnerships between the community and the city’s library system. Our role is to bridge the financial gap between publicly funded library services and all the experiences that library staff want to deliver to the community. We raise millions of dollars each year for collections, technology, programs, professional development, equity and innovation projects, capital campaigns, endowments and the Wisconsin Book Festival. With the help of our generous donors, we build better libraries every day.
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