[Music] this is my story I'm doing my first PID stand up comedy gig today I'm getting paid to do what I love I need you to do me a favor what's up my brother how you feeling that there is a clip from all I've got and then some one of the films in the black lens strand of this year's Milwaukee film festival and joining us now to talk about that film and many more Maris May the programmer for black lens and a teacher and filmmaker in his own right Maris thank you so much for being back here with us on black newvo what's up thank you for having me so excited absolutely so glad to have you talk about this film man it looks funny it looks like it's going to be good it's going to get some good laughs to the people I'm really excited about all I've gotten then some it is a 24-hour Escapade into a struggling comedian trying to make it to his first gig so you can only imagine what happens throughout the day as he tries to get to this very important gig to make some money so it's everything funny about the hustle that we all seek to kind of engage with so I'm very excited to have it the filmmakers will be here too so very excited for Milwaukee audiences to be engaged with it all right now we'll look at the next film all dirt roads Taste of salt take a [Music] look you want to know a secret it doesn't end or it begin just changes [Music] form [Music] and now we have all dirt roads tastes of salt uh doesn't look nearly as funny as the last film but uh certainly a story to be told oh yeah it's time to get heartfelt real quick um Al dir roll Taste of sa is a direct total debut from the incomparable Raven Jackson um and it tells a story of a lineage between women and Mississippi so being that a lot of my family is from Mississippi I thought it was a befitting uh option for a lot of the Black Folk that live in Milwaukee due to the Great Migration a lot of us have come from the south so I thought it would be a beautiful way to honor a legacy that exists within our city so I'm excited for that to be in the festival as well appreciate that now we'll take a look at our next film bike vessel this car right here is from 1995 that was the emergency surgery that they did this scar is also from 199 95 this was my second open heart surgery this car here is where they open my chest I could always hear my chest pop like your ankles would pop the first time that I noticed I had health issues I was in a meeting and I started getting this flush feeling like I had drank too much coffee I still talk to other black men who still don't trust the Healthcare System and I remember seeing on one of his notepads am I going to die this is the first time that I've talked about the different things my dad has gone through you over there crying that's not going to help him so you need to get it together we don't have a Health Care system in America we have a disease detection and management system and I'm excited about this one Maris bike vessel right seeing black people cycling always a good thing a great father son story too I think it like is a beautiful story about health about like what do it mean to commit to helping our elders like within their health uh systems but also just to highlight like the biking community that we have in the midwest specifically Milwaukee so I'm excited for people to have like a nice Sports heartfelt film in the the lineup as well appreciate it Maris now the next film we're going to be looking at is Garland Jeff the king of in between take a looka [Music] some artists just get better with time from someone who has played your music on the radio since Grinders switch name Garland Jeff either means nothing to you or everything to [Music] you I don't do any Thum with my hats off GI yes Garland Jeff the king of in between let's talk about that we're talking reggae and we're talking Rock but music as a whole yeah I think it's very important that in the black lens program we also have options to really discuss and really explore our history of music and I think Garland Jeff is such a unique and interesting subject within our larger understanding of black American Music um specifically as we make it in the Americas so I'm very excited to have an option not only for people to get a heartfelt story but also to groove have some fun and like move a little in the theater so I'm excited about that one as well appreciate that now we'll go to our final film all the colors of the world are between black and white here it is if you it just waste our time you can't waste [Music] time we do time go move what we can waste is our lives and finally all the colors of the world are between black and white looks like an African film I think Nigerian you said so uh talk about that film and what's going to make it special yeah I think the film is not only an incredible story um about a queer relationship but it's also very timely uh specifically thinking about the kind of new ruling against lgbtq plus I identity specifically in Ghana right so it's a very timely film that is talking about this relationship between same seex uh relationships uh within Africa so I'm super excited to not only bring it to Milwaukee but to be in conversation about it within Milwaukee as well so another great option that I think is going to be eye opening to a lot of audience members so that's going to be a great film I know you got a lot going on always so uh just talk about what you have going on with these films where else are we going to see them just you know what's in the works for you yeah so Milwaukee Film Festival is coming up um it is going to be 14 days of two to three screenings of all of these films within the black lens program and it's going to be an amazing time so even if you can't make it to the first or second you got an extra option uh which is a uh really great option uh to check out but also it's 14 days so we're going to have panels workshops discussions q&as with some of the filmmakers from the black lens program but from the broad program as well so it's going to be a fun time busy but a very very fun time for the movie lovers in the city looking forward to our Maris thank you so much for joining us always a pleasure to have you [Music] here