Amreeka
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...
| Corporate Author: | Virgil Films (Firm), National Geographic Entertainment (Firm), Imagenation Abu Dhabi (Firm), Levantine Entertainment (Firm), First Generation Films (Firm) |
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| 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].
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| Subjects: |
| 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. |
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| 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. |