On June 29th, 2011 Filmdrome hosted a sold out audience for the premiere of Alexandra Pelosi's new documentary, "Citizen USA: A 50 State Road Trip".
A special thank you to Alexandra, for taking the time to visit with us here in Sioux Falls. What an honor, to have her showcase her cinema to the people of South Dakota.
Friday, July 8, 2011 at 3:49PM Share Article Alexandra Pelosi's new documentary, "Citizen USA: A 50 State Road Trip", which will premiere here in Sioux Falls, SD at the Washington Pavilion, on June 29th at 7pm, now has a trailer.
If you're interested in attending this free event, which is open to the public, please RSVP, as seating is limited. We sincerely hope to see you then!
Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 12:04PM Share Article 
Dive into Summer, and join us, as we showcase twelve of the best children's short films, in this enjoyable and exciting series. We're pleased to introduce NYICFF, a 'kaleidoscopic showcase of the best short film and animation from around the world.'
Please note, this special event is free and open to the public, so mark your calendars, bring your family, and tell your next door neighbor. For further information, please visit Baan Dek.
Where: The Belbas Theater, Washington Pavilion.
When: Wednesday, June 29th. 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Please RSVP for special prizes. Tickets are free.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 2:51PM Share Article 
Wednesday, June 29th, at 6:00 p.m in the Belbas Theater of the Washington Pavilion.
Please note, this event is free and open to the public, but please RSVP, as seating is limited.Join us for this unique opportunity to meet Emmy-award winning documentary filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi, as she showcases the premiere of her film, "Citizen USA: A 50 State Road Trip". South Dakota naturalized over 90 citizens last year, several of whom are featured in this documentary.
Following the showing of "Citizen USA: A 50 State Road Trip", a short Question and Answer session with Alexandra Pelosi will be conducted by Hugh Weber, of OTA. It'll be your chance to engage with this renown documentary filmmaker.
In the HBO documentary, "Citizen USA", acclaimed filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi sets out on a road trip across America to attend naturalization ceremonies in all fifty states to meet brand-new citizens and find out why they chose America as their home.
Whether these new Americans arrived here through online dating, adoption, political asylum, student and work visas, or by swimming the Rio Grande River (and remained long enough to be granted amnesty) they all came here to live the "American Dream."
Monday, May 23, 2011 at 2:10PM Share Article Alain Resnais, perhaps best known for Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) and Last Year at Marienbad (1961), created a short about the nature of time, called Je t'aime, je' taime in 1968.
Here's the film, in French, with Spanish subtitles.
The basic outline of the story is extremely simple: a man is chosen to participate in a time travel experiment, but when the time machine malfunctions, he begins to experience moments of his past in non-sequential order.
Highly important to a number of original thinkers on time, this film pushes the boundaries of what the cinema can afford: a greater appreciation of the nature of memory, thought and time.
If you haven't already seen the film, perhaps in one of those late night graduate school classes, in which somehow, from somewhere, someone managed to find a crackling old VHS, it's worth a watch.
You'll also notice that Source Code, directed by Duncan Jones, is directly inspired by this brilliant little film.
Sunday, April 17, 2011 at 9:53AM Share Article