Milwaukee Film’s 2025 Black History Month lineup includes ‘Do the Right Thing,’ ‘Get Out’

A mix of modern classics and cinematic discoveries make up Milwaukee Film’s Black History Month programming for 2025.

The nine movies will be shown at the Oriental Theatre. Tickets are $13, $11 for seniors and military members, and $10 for members of Milwaukee Film.

The titles include:

“Dryslongo,” Cauleen Smith’s 1998 drama about a photography student who begins taking pictures of Black men because she’s worried they’ll soon become extinct, 3 p.m. Feb. 2.

“Do the Right Thing,” Spike Lee’s 1989 masterpiece about race and identity and, well, everything, 7 p.m. Feb. 7.

“Obsessed,” a 2009 psychological thriller starring Idris Elba and Beyoncé, 9 p.m. Feb. 14.

“Who Killed Captain Alex?”, a 2010 movie considered Uganda’s first action movie, 9 p.m. Feb. 15.

“Nationtime,” William Greaves’ long-thought-to-be-lost movie about the National Black Political Convention of 1972, which includes an interview with activist, educator and Milwaukee native Howard Fuller, 3 p.m. Feb. 16.

“Boyz N the Hood,” John Singleton’s 1991 classic coming-of-age drama with Ice Cube and Cuba Gooding Jr., 7 p.m. Feb. 19.

“Get Out,” Jordan Peele’s masterful 2017 horror thriller, 9 p.m. Feb. 22.

“Malcolm X,” Spike Lee’s sterling biopic with Denzel Washington as the title icon, 3 p.m. Feb. 23.

“Glory,” the historical drama about the U.S. Civil War’s first all-black volunteer company, with Washington in his first Oscar-winning role, 7 p.m. Feb. 28.

For details on the movies, go to mkefilm.org/bhm.

Milwaukee Film’s 2025 Black History Month lineup was curated by the nonprofit’s new Black Lens programmer, Ty Williams. His predecessor, Milwaukee filmmaker Marquise Mays, left Milwaukee Film this summer, following several months of consolidations and staff cuts aimed at shoring up the organization’s challenged financial situation.