1. The Poetess (2017) | IDFA Archive
Supported by archive footage, she explains the history of her country, and how the liberalization of the 1960s disappeared after the 1979 seizure of the Grand ...
"My poetry destroys and destroys seriously," says the burka-clad Saudi Arabian poetess Hissa Hilal on Abu Dhabi TV’s immensely popular Million’s Poet, the Arabic-language equivalent of Idols. With her daring and confrontational poems, she became the first female finalist of a show that attracts 70 million viewers per episode. With her critical poem about fatwas, she managed to break the taboo of discussing religious rules—and she made world headlines in the process. By following Hilal during different episodes of the show, we get to know this brave and "faceless poetess." She goes shopping with her teenage daughters in their hometown of Riyad and talks about family and the poetic tradition of the Bedouins. Supported by archive footage, she explains the history of her country, and how the liberalization of the 1960s disappeared after the 1979 seizure of the Grand Mosque by insurgents. We also learn that the veiling of one’s face had socio-cultural origins before it was appropriated and enforced by political Islam—which is now losing terrain because of women like Hilal.
2. The Poetess | Rotten Tomatoes
Saudi writer Hissa Hilal appears in a burqa on a popular Arab TV talent show to protest laws against women in this engaging documentary.
A Saudi woman grabs the opportunity to speak out against religious extremism and stands up for a peaceful Islam.
3. THE POETESS - catndocs.com
Hissa Hilal is the voice from behind the veil: Her weapon is her word. Hissa is a self-taught writer and she says what she thinks.
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4. The Poetess | Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Film Details. Year. 2017. Running Time. 90m. Region. Middle East. Genre. Documentary. Language. Arabic. Distributor. Cat&Docs. Selections. London, Toronto.
"When you isolate women, you isolate the soul of the whole society." – Hissa Hilal, film subject, The PoetessSaudi poetess Hissa Hilal made headlines around the world as the first woman to reach the finals of the Arab world’s biggest televised poetry competition, “Million’s Poet.” The Poetess is the inspiring story of a woman risking her personal safety and seizing an opportunity, live on TV in front of 75 million viewers, to use her wit and lyricism to critique patriarchal society and religious extremism, and to urge for a more peaceful Islam.
5. Film Review: 'The Poetess' - Variety
Saudi writer Hissa Hilal appears in a burqa on a popular Arab TV talent show to protest laws against women in this engaging documentary.
A doc following Saudi writer Hissa Hilal as she challenges norms by appearing in a burqa on popular Arab TV talent show "Million's Poet."
6. The Poetess - FILM REVIEW
Apr 19, 2024 · ARTE/Brockhaus/Wolff Films/Film Fernseh Fonds Bayern/ZDF-DocHouse. 89 mins. Germany/United Arab Emirates. 2017. Rel: 11 May 2018. No Cert ...
Meet a woman whose art as a writer daringly combines the personal and the political.
7. The Poetess - Beirut Art Film Festival
Saudia Arabia/ Germany, 2017, 90', Stefanie Brockhaus & Andreas Wolff, Ar./Eng. sub. Film screening on 2, 9 & 15 February 2024 across LebanonTripoli, ...
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8. The Poetess (2017) - Letterboxd
Aug 23, 2017 · The story of Hissa Hilal, a Saudi woman who used her reality-television fame to speak against religious extremism.
The story of Hissa Hilal, a Saudi woman who used her reality-television fame to speak against religious extremism.
9. The Poetess – Selected for the European Film Awards 2018
The Saudi poetess Hissa Hilal made headlines around the world as the first woman to ever make it to the finals of “Million's Poet”.
FESTIVALS: * All About Freedom Gdansk (Poland) * IDFA (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) * Zurich Human Rights Film Festival (Switzerland) * DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival (Finland) * Stockholm Feminist Film Festival (Sweden) * One World International Film Festival (Czech Republic) * CPH:DOX (Copenhagen, Denmark) * One World Romania (Bucharest, Romania) * Millenium International Documentary Film Festival (Belgium) * Middle East Now Festival (Firenze, Italy) * Bolzano Film Festival Bozen (Italy) * Millenium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival (Warszawa, Poland) * Sydney Film Festival (Australia) * Esperanzah! (Floreffe, Belgium) * Festivaletteratura (Camposampiero, Italy) * Salé Women Film Festival * San Francisco Arab Film Festival * Verzio Film Festival (Budapest, Hungary) * La Mostra de CineBaix (Sant Feliu de Llobregat (Barcelona), Spain) * DocHouse London (UK) * Movies that Matter Foundation (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) * The British Museum (London, UK) * Kitzbühel Filmfestival (Austria) * Marda Loop Justice Film Festival (Calgary, Canada) * Meeting per l’amicizia fra i Popoli (Rimini, Italy) * European Union Human Rights Film Festival (Ankara, Turkey) * One World Slovakia (Bratislava, Slovak Republic) * Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival (Canada) * Cinema Akil (Dubai, UAE) * Docs Against Gravity Film Festival (Poland) * London Human Rights Watch Film Festival (UK) * Locarno Semaine de la Critique 2017 *Docaviv (Tel Aviv, Israel) * DOK Leipzig (Germany) * Du...
10. The Poetess | NOISE Film & TV
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The Saudi poetess Hissa Hilal made headlines around the world as the first woman to ever make it to the finals of “Million’s Poet”, an Abu-Dhabi based Million Dollar reality television show. It is the Arab world's biggest poetry competition, and it is dominated by men. In her poems Hissa criticizes the patriarchal Arab society and she attacks one of the most notorious Saudi clerics for his extremist fatwas, live, in front of 75 million viewers.
11. The Poetess - Where to Watch and Stream - TV Guide
2017; 1 hr 29 mins; Documentary; NR. Watchlist. the story of Hissa Hilal, a Saudi woman who used her reality-television fame to speak against religious ...
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12. The Poetess (2017) **** - Filmuforia
May 6, 2018 · Dir: Stefanie Brockhaus, Andres Wolff | Cast: HIssa Hilal | Drama | 89′ | Saudi/Germany. Hissa Hilal, Saudi poet and political activist in ...
Dir: Stefanie Brockhaus, Andres Wolff | Cast: HIssa Hilal | Drama | 89′ | Saudi/Germany Hissa Hilal, Saudi poet and political activist in her forties, […]Read more
