The Black Hills Film Festival returns to the area for the seventh straight year.
The annual event will be held Wednesday through Saturday, May 4-7, bringing people from all over the country to the Black Hills for the love of film. The theme of this year’s festival is to showcase stories with a South Dakota connection.
In keeping with the South Dakota theme, the festival will include something new — a movie exhibit with costumes, movie props and behind-the-scenes photos and videos from movies that were filmed in South Dakota.
Movie memorabilia, most from private collections, will be on display in the Journey Museum upstairs in the library starting April 26 and concluding on the Journey’s birthday, May 21. It features photographs and items from “Dances With Wolves,” “National Treasure: Book of Secrets,” “Star Ship Troopers” and many other films.
The exhibit was created by the Black Hills Film Festival in conjunction with the South Dakota Film Office and many individuals in the South Dakota film industry and with funding assistance from the SD Humanities Council.
On Sunday, May 1, at 5 p.m., at the Journey Museum in Rapid City there will be a free presentation by Dr. David Wolff on “The Union Pacific Railroad and its path through Dakota and Wyoming Territories” with introductory remarks by Rick Mills, director of the South Dakota State Railroad Museum.
A screening of the classic film “Union Pacific” by Cecil B. De Mille will follow. “Union Pacific” memorabilia and a replica of Paramount’s Golden Spike can be seen in the museum exhibit.
The 2016 festival will present over 35 films in four theaters, including 2015 selectee “East Side Sushi,” whose showing was canceled last year due to snow.
One of the most anticipated film screenings at this year’s event is the feature documentary “Prophet’s Prey,” which examines life under the control of Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) prophet Warren Jeffs, followed by a Q & A session with author Sam Brower. “Prophet’s Prey” will be shown at the Elks Theatre in Rapid City on Wednesday, May 4, at 7 p.m. and at a new 2016 location the Mueller Civic Center Theater in Hot Springs on Thursday, May 5, at 6:30 p.m.
Also on May 4, films will be screened at the Elks Theatre in Rapid City. On May 5-6, films will be presented at the Journey Museum Theater, except the Mueller Civic Center showing of “Prophet’s Prey.” May 6-7, the Hill City High School theater will show over 15 films before hosting the award presentations.
For more information about the Black Hills Film Festival, to view a full schedule or to purchase festival passes, go to www.BlackHillsFilmFestival.org.
The annual event will be held Wednesday through Saturday, May 4-7, bringing people from all over the country to the Black Hills for the love of film. The theme of this year’s festival is to showcase stories with a South Dakota connection.
In keeping with the South Dakota theme, the festival will include something new — a movie exhibit with costumes, movie props and behind-the-scenes photos and videos from movies that were filmed in South Dakota.
Movie memorabilia, most from private collections, will be on display in the Journey Museum upstairs in the library starting April 26 and concluding on the Journey’s birthday, May 21. It features photographs and items from “Dances With Wolves,” “National Treasure: Book of Secrets,” “Star Ship Troopers” and many other films.
The exhibit was created by the Black Hills Film Festival in conjunction with the South Dakota Film Office and many individuals in the South Dakota film industry and with funding assistance from the SD Humanities Council.
On Sunday, May 1, at 5 p.m., at the Journey Museum in Rapid City there will be a free presentation by Dr. David Wolff on “The Union Pacific Railroad and its path through Dakota and Wyoming Territories” with introductory remarks by Rick Mills, director of the South Dakota State Railroad Museum.
A screening of the classic film “Union Pacific” by Cecil B. De Mille will follow. “Union Pacific” memorabilia and a replica of Paramount’s Golden Spike can be seen in the museum exhibit.
The 2016 festival will present over 35 films in four theaters, including 2015 selectee “East Side Sushi,” whose showing was canceled last year due to snow.
One of the most anticipated film screenings at this year’s event is the feature documentary “Prophet’s Prey,” which examines life under the control of Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) prophet Warren Jeffs, followed by a Q & A session with author Sam Brower. “Prophet’s Prey” will be shown at the Elks Theatre in Rapid City on Wednesday, May 4, at 7 p.m. and at a new 2016 location the Mueller Civic Center Theater in Hot Springs on Thursday, May 5, at 6:30 p.m.
Also on May 4, films will be screened at the Elks Theatre in Rapid City. On May 5-6, films will be presented at the Journey Museum Theater, except the Mueller Civic Center showing of “Prophet’s Prey.” May 6-7, the Hill City High School theater will show over 15 films before hosting the award presentations.
For more information about the Black Hills Film Festival, to view a full schedule or to purchase festival passes, go to www.BlackHillsFilmFestival.org.