Photos from Traffic Zone screening and discussion

Last night, Saturday, September 11, Demolition Dreaming screened at Traffic Zone Gallery in downtown Minneapolis to a capacity audience. The screening took place just three blocks from the Gateway District, where the movie is set. Following the screening, the audience stayed for a panel discussion featuring several experts on Minneapolis history, historic re-use, and urban morphology, the study of how cities change. The panel was led by Brenda Kayzar, urban geographer and Collaborative Strategist and Owner of Urbane DrK Consulting, Penny Peterson, historic researcher and author of Minneapolis Madams: The Lost History of Prostitution on the Riverfront (2013), Bill Lindeke, blogger about streets, cities, and professor of Geography at the University of MN, and Greg Handberg, Senior Vice President of Asset Management at Artspace.

The presentations of the panelists led into a lively discussion with the audience about the Gateway, historic preservation, urban renewal, and the impact of city planning on the vitality of communities.

The long gone Minneapolis Gateway District came alive again in a way during the discussion, and it was gratifying to see the film act as a great prompt for the discussion that followed it. Special thanks go out to the panel members, to Steve Ozone of Traffic Zone Gallery, who put the event together, and to Beth Peloff for running the food table, taping the discussion, and bringing her amazing homemade chocolate chip cookies!

Traffic Zone screening on November 11

Demolition Dreaming will be screened at the Traffic Zone Center for Visual Art at 250 3rd Avenue North in Minneapolis on Saturday November 11 at 7 pm. A panel discussion will follow the screening!

Highway 61 Film Festival

Demolition Dreaming was selected to be part of the Highway 61 Film Festival in Pine City, MN this year! The Festival is October 5-8.

Free Range screening again

Here's a photo from the Free Range Film Festival - testing the film in the barn before the chairs have been set up.
Next up for Demolition Dreaming: a November 11th screening at Traffic Zone Gallery.

Free Range Screening

Demolition Dreaming screened in a barn at the truly amazing Free Range Film Festival near Duluth, MN on July 28th. Here is a little video about what happened after the film screened.

Free Range

Demolition Dreaming is coming to the Free Range Film Festival next Friday night!

Last night and Free Range

We had a nice audience last night as Demolition Dreaming played in the Northrup King Building as part of a new series by the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association (NEMAA) called Art N|Motion.
Next up: Demolition Dreaming will be playing near Duluth at the amazing Free Range Film Festival on July 28th!

Demolition Dreaming at Art N/Motion July 6th

It looks like Demolition Dreaming is going to have a screening on July 6th in the evening as part of Art N/Motion at the Northrup King Building in Northeast Minneapolis, home of the Quarry Shopping Center, as featured in the movie. Art N/Motion is a project by NEMAA, the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association, to feature member artists in monthly events. The screening is going to be at 7 pm in the third floor gallery. This screening will feature the film with pre-recorded music and narration. There will be info when we have it!

Dreamland Faces Record Release Show Screening

The third screening of Demolition Dreaming was last Tuesday, March 21, at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis. It was a live performance of the music and narration as part of the Dreamland Faces Record Release show. Dreamland Faces brought out their new phonograph record of 6 of their compositions, most of which are part of the Demolition Dreaming score. The soundtrack performance by Dreamland Faces and Jill Underwood was wonderful. I got a few nice comments from people who saw the film after the screening.

There are no more screenings on the schedule for now. Hopefully there will be some more before too long!

The film hasn't had much luck so far at film festivals. The film had its premiere with live soundtrack at the Square Lake Film Festival, but since then it hasn't gotten an acceptance. Hopefully that will change!