TAF Film Screening "The Poetess" & "Brotherhood"
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TAF Film Screening of "The Poetess" & "Brotherhood"
The Poetess
Directed by: Stefanie Brockhaus & Andreas Wolff
Imagine a European TV channel attracting millions of viewers across countries with poetry readings. This is exactly what Abu Dhabi TV has managed to do for a decade with the show Million’s Poet. After accusing extremists on stage, Hissa Hilal, a Saudi woman, who was shrouded in an abaya - a black cloak - and a niqab, received death threats. And the attention of the West. The German filmmaker Stefanie Brockhaus saw a picture of her in the New York Times and travelled with Andy Wolff to Abu Dhabi a few days later to accompany Hilal at the finals of Million's Poet.
Brotherhood
Directed by: Meryam Joobeur
Mohamed is deeply shaken and suspicious when his estranged eldest son returns home to rural Tunisia with a mysterious young wife in tow. Every moment in Meryam Joobeur’s wrenching drama is infused with the emotional complexities of a family reunion, and the consequences of past wounds and misunderstanding.
Early Bird Tickets: $15
At Door Tickets: $20