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Muna Farah, a Palestinian single mom, struggles to maintain her optimistic spirit in the daily grind of intimidating West Bank checkpoints, the constant nagging of a controlling mother, and the haunting shadows of a failed marriage. Everything changes one day when she receives a letter informing her...

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Corporate Authors: Virgil Films (Firm), National Geographic Entertainment (Firm), Imagenation Abu Dhabi (Firm), Levantine Entertainment (Firm), First Generation Films (Firm)
Other Authors: Dabis, Cherien, 1976- (Screenwriter, Director), Piovesan, Christina (Producer), Barkin, Paul (Producer), Faour, Nisreen, 1972- (Actor), Muallem, Melkar (Actor), Abbass, Hiam (Actor), Shawkat, Alia, 1989- (Actor), Ziegler, Joseph (Actor), Abu-Warda, Yussuf (Actor)
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Published: [United States] : New York : National Geographic Entertainment ; Virgil Films, [2009].
Subjects:
Single mothers > Drama.
Mothers and sons > Drama.
Palestinian Arabs > Drama.
Immigrants > United States > Drama.
Arab Americans > Drama.
West Bank > Drama.
Illinois > Drama.
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Summary:Muna Farah, a Palestinian single mom, struggles to maintain her optimistic spirit in the daily grind of intimidating West Bank checkpoints, the constant nagging of a controlling mother, and the haunting shadows of a failed marriage. Everything changes one day when she receives a letter informing her that her family has been granted a U.S. green card, and she moves with her teenage son to small town Illinois.
Item Description:DVD release of the 2009 motion picture.
Special features: "Make a wish" - a short film from director Cherien Dabis; deleted scenes; outakes.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, NTSC ; all regions ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Audience:MPAA Rating: PG-13; for brief drug use involving teens and some language.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Tobias Datum ; editor, Keith Reamer ; music, Kareem Roustom.

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