MKE Film presents 'Summer Camp' for Pride Month
Update: 2025-06-04
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Because everyone loves a double meaning, Milwaukee Film took one look at the month of June, contemplated it being the start of summer as well as Pride Month, and came up with a movie series titled “Summer CAMP!” that covers the latter with just a sprinkling of the former.
The 10 films selected for the monthlong run primarily reflect the Merriam-Webster definition of camp as “something so outrageously artificial, affected, inappropriate, or out-of-date as to be considered amusing.” You’ll also find a couple movies that head to camp as in cabins and mosquitos and — in one case — slasher horror.
Here’s the full lineup, all of which unspool at the Oriental Theatre:
The 10 films selected for the monthlong run primarily reflect the Merriam-Webster definition of camp as “something so outrageously artificial, affected, inappropriate, or out-of-date as to be considered amusing.” You’ll also find a couple movies that head to camp as in cabins and mosquitos and — in one case — slasher horror.
Here’s the full lineup, all of which unspool at the Oriental Theatre:
Death Becomes Her — June 4 at 6:30 p.m.
Polyester (in Odorama!) — June 6 at 7:30 p.m.
Xanadu — June 7-8 at 3 p.m.
Grease 2 — June 12-13 at 9:30 p.m.
Showgirls — June 19-21 at 9 p.m.
Brokeback Mountain (4K restoration) — June 22 at noon and 6 p.m.; June 24 and 26 at 6 p.m.
Moonrise Kingdom — June 21-22 at 3 p.m.
D.E.B.S. — June 26-27 at 9 p.m.
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? — June 28-29 at 3:45 p.m.
Sleepaway Camp — June 28 at 9:45 p.m.
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