Course instructor Mary Ann Eaton will introduce each film and establish its context in Irish history and culture. Discussion follows. The series begins with a screening of “Strangerland,” the 2015 thriller based on the novel of the same title by Sebastian Barry. It stars Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving and Joseph Fiennes.

Newcomers to the remote Australian desert town of Nathgari, Catherine and Matthew Parker’s lives are flung into crisis when they discover their two teenage kids, Tommy and Lily, have mysteriously disappeared just before a massive dust storm hits. With Nathgari eerily smothered in red dust and darkness, the townsfolk join the search led by local cop, David Rae. It soon becomes apparent that something terrible may have happened.

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