SEVEN. MARQUIS MAZE IS JOINING US ONCE AGAIN DURING OUR COMMUNITY CURATED SEGMENT WITH NO STUDIOS MARQUIS WE JUST TALKED WITH YOU ABOUT YOUR LIFE AND CAREER AS A FILMMAKER, BUT CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT YOUR JOB AS A PROFESSOR? YOU TEACH AT UW MILWAUKEE. YES, I’M SUPER EXCITED TO BE JOINING THE FACULTY AS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR TEACHING DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING AT UW. IT’S BEEN AMAZING SO FAR. THE STUDENTS ARE SO BRIGHT, SO I’M GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO TEACH THEM. YEAH. HOW HAS YOUR REPRESENTATION INSPIRED STUDENTS AND STAFF? WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT’S AN AMAZING THING THAT THE STUDENTS WHO A LOT OF THEM ARE FROM THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE COULD SEE SOMEONE WHO IS ALSO FROM THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE, HAVE A RELATIONSHIP IN THE FILM INDUSTRY ALREADY. SO I THINK IT’S REALLY INSPIRING FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THEIR FUTURE COULD BE AND IT’S REALLY INSPIRING FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUOUSLY LEARN FROM THESE NEW STUDENTS WHO HAVE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT RESOURCES THAT I DIDN’T HAVE WHEN I WAS IN FILM SCHOOL. SO IT’S DEFINITELY A TWO WAY STREET, A BEAUTIFUL RELATIONSHIP. YEAH, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. I’VE WORKED WITH SOME OF THE FILM STUDENTS AT UW ON STORIES HERE FOR FOR THE NEWS AND THEY’RE SO BRIGHT AND DEFINITELY HAVE A LOT OF ACCESS TO A LOT OF TOOLS THAT THEY SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, INCLUDING PROFESSORS LIKE YOU WHO ARE REALLY LEADING THE WAY IN SETTING AN EXAMPLE, YOU’VE GROWN UP IN MILWAUKEE. WHAT ARE SOME COMMON STAPLES ACROSS THE CITY THAT HAVE INSPIRED YOU? OH MY GOSH. OKAY. SO NORTHTOWN CINEMA, WHICH WAS ON 76, WHICH IS NOT THERE ANYMORE, I WOULD SAY THE MAYFAIR, ACM, AMC, ACM, AMC, MY GRANDMOTHER’S HOME, MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER’S HOME ON THIRD AND KEEFE, SPEED QUEEN. I’M JUST KIND OF NAMING A LOT. BUT YEAH, I WOULD SAY THE WHOLE BRONZEVILLE AREA OF THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE DEFINITELY IS ROOTED IN EVERYTHING THAT I DO. SHOUT OUT TO THE BLACK ARTISTS WHO IN THE CITY HAVE INSPIRED ME SO HEAVILY. SO YEAH, YEAH, MAYBE WE CAN SEE A FILM ABOUT MILWAUKEE FROM YOU IN THE FUTURE. YEAH, HOPEFULLY. YOU KNOW, THE HEARTLAND IS. IS THERE, BUT I THINK THE HEARTLAND IS ONLY TOUCHING LIKE THE LITTLE PART OF THE CITY THAT I THINK IS SO MUCH MORE ROBUST. SO THE GOAL WOULD BE TO DEFINITELY MAKE SOMETHING BIGGER. YEAH, TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT OTHER PROJECTS YOU HAVE COMING UP IN THE FUTURE. YEAH. I MOST RECENTLY JUST RELEASED MY LATEST SHORT FILM, BLACK STRINGS, WHICH IS A SHORT FILM THAT FOLLOWS THE BLACK STRING CHURCH ENSEMBLE WHO GO TO CRIME SCENES IN THE SUMMER IN THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE AND PERFORM A MEDITATION ON GRIEF THAT IS MOST RECENTLY BEEN RELEASED ON PBS. AND THEN I’M CURRENTLY WORKING ON SOME THINGS I CANNOT TELL YOU, BUT IT’S VERY EXCITING ALL STILL VERY MILWAUKEE BASED MARQUIS. THAT’S WHAT WE CALL A TEASE. YEAH, I’M DEFINITELY A TEASER. SORRY ABOUT THAT. NO, IT’S OKAY. WE HAVE ABOUT 30S LEFT WITH YOU. HOW WOULD YOU INSPIRE OR WHAT WOULD YOU TELL OTHER PEOPLE WHO MAY BE WATCHING THIS? THEY MIGHT SEE IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA LATER. THE YOUNGER GENERATION. WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THEM TO INSPIRE THEM TO ACHIEVE AND SUCCEED LIKE YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYONE HAS A LANE FOR THEMSELVES. AND THE BIGGEST THING THAT I’VE LEARNED ABOUT THIS PROCESS IS THAT IF I’M DRIVING IN MY LANE, NO ONE ELSE IS IN MY LANE. I CAN DRIVE AT THE SPEED THAT I WANT. DON’T RUSH THIS PROCESS. TAKE YOUR TIME AND TO ALWAYS TELL STORIES THAT ARE PERSONAL TO YOU AND THAT KIND OF CHART YOUR OWN LEGACY AND YOUR OWN HISTORY. AND THOSE ARE THE BEST STORIES TO TELL BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE. SO YEAH, THAT’S GREAT. FROM MARQUIS MAZE, RIGHT, RIGHT THERE. BEYONCE SAID NOBODY ELSE IS IN MY LANE. SO YOU JUST CONFIRMED THAT AS WELL. I LOVE BEYONCE. SO THERE IT IS. GOT TO HAVE BLINDERS. MAKIE’S. MASEH. IT WAS GREAT TO CHAT WITH YOU. THANKS FOR BEING HERE WITH US