Foreign Language Film
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“Hyenas”
(1992, Senegal; Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty) in Wolof with English subtitles
Wednesday, Feb. 4, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 12, 1 p.m.
Movies are shown in the original language with English subtitles. Always free, always awesome. Programs subject to change.
Based on Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s play “The Visit”—which was also the basis of the “Hyenas” Broadway musical. “Hyenas” follows a now-rich woman returning to her poor desert hometown to propose a deal to the populace: her fortune, in exchange for the death of the man who years earlier abandoned her and left her with his child.
Running time: 1 hour, 50 minutes.
