MPTV Community Cinema
MPTV Community Cinema, now in its 3rd. season, is a monthly (September through May) preview of local and national documentaries that will air on Milwaukee Public Television. The screenings are followed by an open audience discussion with one or more guests knowledgeable about the topic of the featured documentary.
In 2009–2010, all MPTV Community Cinema sessions will be on the FIRST THURSDAY of each month at 6:30 p.m. The screenings will take place at Discovery World's Innovation Theatre at 500 N. Harbor Drive in Milwaukee. The event is free and open to the public.
February 4:
Blueprint for Tomorrow's Education
Free film screening highlights exciting local initiatives in science, technology, engineering and math…
This half-hour MPTV documentary takes a look at how schools, businesses and communities are partnering to prepare students for the 21st. century workplace. Innovative science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs throughout Wisconsin are explored: Bay View High School's construction, architecture, and technology (BAT Academy); Burlington High School's BHS Chemicals Company; the Fluid Power Challenge, a fluid power technology skills competition for 8th. grade students; and the "green" garage partnership between Bradley Tech HS, Lowe's Foundation, the Helen Bader Foundation and Growing Power, an organization that grows food that grows community.
Panel:
Lauren Baker, Coordinator, Career and Technical Education for MPS
Willie Sinclair, Bradley Tech High School Instructor
Dr. Barbara Kopack-Hill, Burlington High School Principal.
Broadcast date for BLUEPRINT FOR TOMORROW'S EDUCATION: Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. on MPTV 10.1
Parking in the underground structure is $1.00 for cinema attendees.
For more information on this film screening, contact Darlyne Haertlein, Supervisor: Outreach Services at 414-297-7518.
March 4:
Dirt! The Movie, an ITVS production (60 min.)
Find out how industrial farming, mining and urban development have led us toward cataclysmic droughts, starvation, floods and climate change. Dirt is a part of everything we eat, drink and breathe. Which is why we should stop treating it like…dirt!
Parking in the underground structure is $1.00 for cinema attendees.
For more information, contact Darlyne Haertlein, Supervisor: Outreach Services at 414-297-7518
MPTV is a viewer-supported service of MATC 
