The Dryden will screen Hissein Habré, une tragédie tchadienne (Hissein Habré, A Chadian Tragedy, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Chad/Senegal/France 2016, 82 min., DCP, French and Arabic w/subtitles) as part of the Mahamat-Saleh Haroun series.

In 2013, former Chadian dictator Hissein Habré's arrest in Senegal marked the end of a long combat for the survivors of his regime. Accompanied by the chair of the Association of the Victims of the Hissein Habré Regime, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun goes to meet those who survived this tragedy and who still bear the scars of the horror in their flesh and in their souls. Through their courage and determination, the victims accomplish an unprecedented feat in the history of Africa: that of bringing a head of state to trial.

[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2017-Jan-30]