While the country is focused on Milwaukee for the Democratic National Convention, lamenting its primary voting or is cheering for the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA playoffs, there is a side of Milwaukee not often discussed.
It is a city in pain, suffering from the effects of systemic racism and economic disparity of Black and Brown people that make up the city and now being dealt another blow with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Filmmaker Theo Rogers, a Milwaukee native, exposes and explains these issues in his new documentary “Milwaukee In Pain: Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic In The Black Community.”
Through interviews with local community leaders, religious leaders, former law enforcement officers who policed the community, and residents, Rogers clearly illustrates the ties between systemic racism, cyclical poverty and the effects of COVID-19 on a community he holds dear to his heart.
