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Something in the Water


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Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi, Nateya Taylor, Director of the film Something in the Water joins us to talk about the film, her work as a filmmaker, and her story!  Keep an eye out for her next film about food insecurity in Milwaukee, looking at 13 food deserts.

Catch the short film nearby:

  • At Wisconsin Film Festival, as part of “Wisconsin’s Own Fire, Water, Stickball and Dinosaurs” on Sunday, April 6th at 5:45 at Chazen (https://wifilmfest.org/)
  • At SOGO Film Festival in Stoughton on May 30th (https://sogo.film/)
  • More on the film and Nateya on her website: https://www.naesthetycs.com/

    More about Milwaukee Water Commons, whose Artist in Residence program gave Nateya space to make the film:  https://www.milwaukeewatercommons.org/ 

    More on the current lead crisis in Milwaukee Public Schools from Wisconsin Public Radio: https://www.wpr.org/news/mps-milwaukee-schools-kids-lead-contaminated-classrooms-wisconsin

    Music from the show today: https://spinitron.com/WORT/pl/20445697/Tuesday-8-O-Clock-Buzz 

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