"Fatima": Born and raised in Green Bay, Jeanne R. "Waiting for the Barbarians": Mark Rylance, University School of Milwaukee's most famous alum, plays a magistrate in colonial Africa who faces a crisis of conscience in this period drama. "Elyse": Anthony Hopkins plays a psychiatrist trying to help a comatose woman face her past demons in this drama among the cast is Brittani Ebert, a Madison native and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee grad who plays a nurse.
*"The Call of the Wild": Madison native Bradley Whitford plays a judge in this adaptation of the Jack London tale, which starred Harrison Ford. "The Argument" and "Babysplitters": Marquette University alum Danny Pudi co-stars in these two adult-coming-of-age comedies - the former about a bickering couple making their friends re-enact a party so they can see which of them was right the night before, the latter about two couples who agree to "share" a baby. "The Way I See It": Former White House photographer Pete Souza, who took pictures during both the Reagan and Obama administrations, now lives in Madison this documentary on his work and increasingly active political life spends some time in Wisconsin's capital city. "Slay the Dragon": Wisconsin plays a supporting role in this well-received documentary focusing on grass-roots efforts against gerrymandering, although the movie focuses on campaigns in Michigan. "Nationtime": This time-capsule documentary on on the 1972 National Black Political Convention includes an interview with Owusu Sadaukai, the civil rights activist who grew up in Milwaukee and later returned both to the city and the name he was born with: Howard Fuller. "Can You Hear Us Now?": Tony- and Emmy-winning actor Tony Shalhoub was executive producer of this documentary, which takes on gerrymandering of legislative districts in Wisconsin. "America’s Socialist Tradition": Milwaukee documentary veteran Steve Boettcher takes a look at Milwaukee's Socialist roots in this documentary, narrated by Mike Gousha.
elections, which came out in September, focuses on Stacey Abrams’ run for governor in Georgia in 2018, but it also includes footage of Wisconsin’s problematic presidential primary in April recounts future Supreme Court Justice (and Shorewood native) William Rehnquist’s role in trying to limit Black and Latino voting in Arizona in the 1960s and shows the impact of Wisconsin’s Voter ID law on limiting voting in the state. *"All In: The Fight to Save Democracy": Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortes' look at the impact of voter suppression on U.S. Two issues that weighed heavily on 2020 - racial injustice and the sanctity of American elections - provided a lot of material for documentary filmmakers, some of whom found support for their narratives in deeply divided Wisconsin.