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...

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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].
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260 |a [United States] :  |b National Geographic Entertainment ;  |a New York :  |b Virgil Films,  |c [2009]. 
300 |a 1 videodisc (96 min.) :  |b sd., col. ;  |c 4 3/4 in. 
538 |a DVD, NTSC ; all regions ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital. 
546 |a In Arabic and English with English subtitles. 
511 1 |a Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat, Joseph Ziegler, Yussef Abu Warda. 
508 |a Director of photography, Tobias Datum ; editor, Keith Reamer ; music, Kareem Roustom. 
500 |a DVD release of the 2009 motion picture. 
500 |a Special features: "Make a wish" - a short film from director Cherien Dabis; deleted scenes; outakes. 
520 |a 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. 
521 8 |a MPAA Rating: PG-13; for brief drug use involving teens and some language. 
650 0 |a Single mothers  |v Drama. 
650 0 |a Mothers and sons  |v Drama. 
650 0 |a Palestinian Arabs  |v Drama. 
650 0 |a Immigrants  |z United States  |v Drama. 
650 0 |a Arab Americans  |v Drama. 
651 0 |a West Bank  |v Drama. 
651 0 |a Illinois  |v Drama. 
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700 1 |a Faour, Nisreen,  |d 1972-  |4 act 
700 1 |a Muallem, Melkar.  |4 act 
700 1 |a Abbass, Hiam.  |4 act 
700 1 |a Shawkat, Alia,  |d 1989-  |4 act 
700 1 |a Ziegler, Joseph.  |4 act 
700 1 |a Abu-Warda, Yussuf.  |4 act 
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710 2 |a Levantine Entertainment (Firm) 
710 2 |a First Generation Films (Firm) 
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