Hissa Hilal, a 43-year-old poetess and activist from Saudi Arabia, tests her boundaries in the daily struggle for change. Veiled in a burqa, she gains international fame at Abu Dhabi’s prestigious contest Million’s Poet with her poems critical of terrorism and the ideologies of fanatic islamists.
The Poetess
2017
General Audiences
90 min.
Documentary
Saudi Arabia
Colorido
Stefanie BrockhausAndreas Wolff
Stefanie Brockhaus, Andreas Wolff
Tobias Tempel, Stefanie Brockhaus
Hansjörg Weissbrich, Anja Pohl
Andreas Wolff
Brockhaus/Wolff Films
Sebastian Zenke
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