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Film/Video Screening
Hyènes [Hyenas]
20 Apr 2023 7-8.30pm
Raven Row
London E1 7LS
Hyènes [Hyenas]
Dir. Djibril Diop Mambéty, 1992, Senegal, France, Switzerland, UK, Netherlands, Italy
Due to popular demand we have added a second screening of Hyènes [Hyenas].
Hyènes is an adaptation of Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s tragicomic play The Visit (1956), with added criticism of neocolonialism and consumerism in Senegal. A wealthy patron visits the near-bankrupt town of Colobane and offers to make the townspeople rich, in exchange for the life of a popular shopkeeper.