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from LIFE IS A MAYS
Streaming Exclusively on The Criterion Channel.
Highlighting both the joys and trials of growing up Black in the Midwest, three Black Milwaukee residents confront & reconcile the unrequited love between them and their city. Through outspoken interviews, they reveal the ways in which Milwaukee has shaped them and they in turn have shaped Milwaukee. Graced with poetry and luminous images, Marquise Mays’s heartfelt documentary takes an at once loving and critical look at a city still riven by inequality—while offering an empowering vision for a brighter future.
WINNER | FLICKERS' INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN FIRST PRIZE Jury Award - 2021 Rhode Island International Film Festival BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY (HONORABLE MENTION) - 2021 Roxbury International Film Festival Official Selection - 2021 New York City Independent Film Festival WINNER | Cream City Cinema Jury Award - 2021 Milwaukee Film Fest Official Selection - 2021 Indy Film Fest AUDIENCE AWARD (HONORABLE MENTION) - 2021 New Jersey International Film Festival Official Selection - 2021 BET Black Film Friday Official Selection - 2021 Nō Boundaries Emerging Filmmaker Series
On Milwaukee onmilwaukee.com/articles/nns-the-heartland-doc
The Cap Times madison.com/ct/ct/writers/rob-thomas/milwaukee-film-festival-uw-grad-marquise-mays-shows-the-heartland-belongs-to-black-kids-too/article_b1792ced-8147-5880-8c92-1192dd337418.html
Madison 365 madison365.com/filmmaker-marquise-mays-the-heartland-examines-the-unrequited-love-between-black-kids-and-the-city-of-milwaukee/
BET Black Film Friday instagram.com/tv/CK6pxuzgGOC/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Nō Boundaries Emerging Filmmakers Series nostudios.com/no-boundaries
CopyWrite Magazine x Interview copywritemag.com/blog/2020/11/30/copywrite-mag-press-interview-w-marquise-mays-film-director-of-the-heartland-short-film
Carvd N Stone x Interview carvdnstone.com/cns-news/filmmaker-marquise-mays-uses-his-artistry-to-show-the-beauty-of-black-milwaukee
***** Director - Marquise Mays Producer - RJ Prince Subjects - Casey Coulson, Radaya Ellis, Matthew Lewis Director of Photography - Jonah Zorn Koplin Sound - Gregory Thomas II Sound Mix & Master - Jackson Bierfeldt & Bill Hare Editor - Caleb Peavy PA - Tierra Higgins Prod. Photography - John Nance Composer - Will Cabaniss Prod. Managers - Corey Fells, Nailah Johnson Color Grade & Correction - Alex Hartley & Alexander Schwab Drone Operator - Nations Stephenson Graphic Design - Dante Nash Courtesy of Leaders Igniting Transformation
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