Every semester Professor Christina N. Baker-Foley asks her students to name a black film director. Spike Lee and Tyler Perry come to mind to most. Some students more film savvy might say Ryan Coogler, director of Marvel’s Black Panther or recent Academy Award Best Picture winner ...
As it prepares for its 35th anniversary season, the Sonoma Film Institute will retain its title as the oldest film repertory organization in the North Bay Area by presenting more than 30 films from August to April, including a screening of Frederick Wiseman’s critically acclaimed...
The 71st annual Cannes Film Festival ended this past weekend, screening some of the best cinema around the world slated to release in the following months. For the first time three Sonoma State University student films were shown at the festival regarded as one of the most prestigious...
The documentary film “California Typewriter” opens the Sonoma Film Institute's spring 2018 season at Sonoma State University. The film by Doug Nichol, tells the story of one of the last typewriter stores located in Berkeley, along with fascinating interviews with famous typewriters enthusiasts,...
Sonoma State University is hosting a pair of premieres at the Green Music Center with the world premiere of Leela Dance Collective's kathak dance drama "Son of the Wind" at Weill Hall on April 8 and the West Coast premiere of the restored 1948 Hindi film "Kalpana" in Schroeder...
Why would Hollywood make a 90-minute documentary about a three-minute scene? When it's the famous shower scene from Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," Sonoma State University Communications Department Chair Marco Calavita says there's plenty to talk about -- and he does, as one of the interview...
Sonoma State University professor Ajay Gehlawat is speaking at the History Museum of Sonoma County in Santa Rosa on Dec. 10 in conjunction with the Smithsonian's traveling exhibition, "Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation."
This specific talk is entitled "Here Comes the...
The Sonoma Film Institute's spring schedule includes fantastic films from around the world, including Cuba, Poland, Italy, India and more. Classics like "To Kill a Mockingbird" and new films like "The Pearl Button" are screened in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall at Sonoma State University on...
Werner Herzog's new film, "Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World," opens the Sonoma Film Institute's fall 2017 season at Sonoma State University. It explores the digital landscape with a fervent curiosity that has characterized Herzog's recent documentaries.
"Lo and Behold"...
Alex Bretow, a Sonoma State University student whose short film was shown at the Cannes film festival last year, is producer of the first-ever horror film for Barco Escape's 3-Screen Experience. The film, "The Secret of 40" premiered at Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose on March 4 and screens...
