Event Details
January 26, 2019
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
Innis Town Hall Theatre, 2 Sussex Avenue Toronto, ON M5S 1J5
Join us for screenings of “The Poetess” and “Brotherhood”.
The Poetess//الشاعرة
Country: Germany
Director: Stefanie Brockhaus & Andreas Wolff
Length: 89 mins
Synopsis: 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//اخوان
Country: Canada, Tunisia, Qatar, Sweden
Director: Meryam Joobeur
Length: 25 mins
Synopsis: 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.
Supported by Toronto Arts Council.
