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Susan Kerns

Susan Kerns

Dr. Susan Kerns is Executive Director of Milwaukee Film, the nonprofit behind the Milwaukee Film Festival and the Oriental and Downer theatres.

Sep 29, 2026

57:14
Yeah.
57:14
Really, really good energy.
57:16
I think any time we do, uh, like, a local premiere like that, it's just, like, tons and tons and tons of people come out, and it's just so great because it's like the filmmakers feel supported.
57:26
But with a film like this, we got to talk about afterwards, like, you know, the, the film documents 10 years in Milwaukee, which is a massive amount of time when you're thinking about the ups and downs of kind of, you know, civil rights in, in an, you know, a city like Milwaukee and just what has changed and not changed in the past 10 years.
57:47
And so getting to talk through some of that and, like, what are the good things that have emerged and, you know, what are the things that we're still fighting against or fighting for, and how are people communicating and talking to each other? So that was really incredible.
58:00
Um, just, just really, really, uh, a powerful, I think, screening.
58:04
And, um, Vaughn Mays is now involved with building a community center, so he had a lot of information about that, and, like, trying to catalyze that energy from the audience into this project that can really give back to the community.
58:31
That it, that it will continue.

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