Picks for 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival: Sept. 25

"Jim: The James Foley Story"

4:30 p.m. Sunday, Oriental Theatre, 2230 N. Farwell Ave.

Directed by childhood friend Brian Oakes, "Jim" explores the explores the life, death and legacy of Foley, the journalist and Marquette University graduate who was kidnapped in 2012 and murdered by the Islamic State in 2014. The documentary took home the audience award at this year's 2016 Sundance Film Festival.

— Chris Foran, cforan@journalsentinel.com

“There Are Jews Here”

8 p.m. Sunday, Oriental (also 1:30 p.m. Oct. 1, Downer Theatre, 2589 N. Downer Ave.; 9:30 p.m. Oct. 5, Fox-Bay Cinema Grill, 334 E. Silver Spring Drive, Whitefish Bay; 3:30 p.m. Oct. 6, Oriental)

Milwaukee-based filmmaker Brad Lichtenstein and Morgan Johnson look at how Jewish communities are disappearing from small-town America and those working to keep them alive. Lichtenstein makes media projects about social issues, including “As Goes Janesville” and the Sundance Film Festival virtual-reality film “Across the Line." (Lichtenstein is scheduled to be at all four screenings.)

— Duane Dudek, Special to the Journal Sentinel

The Journal Sentinel is a premier sponsor of the 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival, which runs Sept. 22-Oct. 6. For tickets and information, go to mkefilm.org.