Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall 101

Malinalli Lopez, Adjunct Faculty in Chicano Studies at Sonoma State University and Producer of Hyena, will be present to introduce the film and answer questions after the Friday screening.

Sonoma Film Institute Film Screening - Hyena, a dramatic film that features a one-woman performance by Mollena Williams-Haas, is a bold and courageous journey of words into the mind of an alcohol addicted woman who must fight her worst demon - the titular "hyena". It is a lavish and gorgeous treatment of light, color, words and performance. Malinalli Lopez, along with director Jack Perez, launched XQL Media in 2015 - named after Xochitquetzal, Aztec Goddess of the Art – tell important stories of social justice. (2021, 46 min.)

Eleanor Nichols – nicholse@sonoma.edu