“World War Whatever”

On Thursday, Dec. 4, “Locally Grown: The Nohl Fellows, Program Two” features screenings of videos by two current recipients of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Mary L. Nohl Fund for Individual Artists.

All screenings are at the UWM Union Theatre, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd. For more information, phone 414-229-4070.

The first screening, at 7 p.m. features Annie Killelea’s “Subtitle Trilogy” (9 min., 2007), a three-part film exploring the use of subtitles in daily life, and the premiere of Dan Ollman’s “The Life Over There: The Black Neighborhood,” (105 min., 2008), the first in a series of sociological film portraits of specific neighborhoods and a few of the people they have produced.

http://www.bluemarkfilms.com/THELIFEOVERTHERE.mov

The second screening, at 9 p.m., features the premiere of Dan Ollman’s “World War Whatever” (105 min., 2008). A description says: “From birth to present, from Mexico to the United States. Technology has allowed for many interesting stories. “World War Whatever” is a film about one of those stories created by the best and worst ideas of mankind.”

http://www.bluemarkfilms.com/WORLDWARWHATEVER.mov

The Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Mary L. Nohl Fund provides unrestricted funds for artists to create new work or complete work in progress. The program is open to practicing artists residing in Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee, and Washington counties.

The Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowship program also includes a Suitcase Fund for exporting work by local artists beyond the four-county area.