Amreeka
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Amreeka
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The work Amreeka represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.
- Label
- Amreeka
- Statement of responsibility
- National Geographic Entertainment presents ; a National Geographic/Imagenation Abu Dhabi release ; in association with Levantine Entertainment, Maximum Film International in association with Levantine Entertainment presents a film by Cherien Dabis ; a First Generation Films production ... [et al.] ; written and directed by Cherien Dabis ; produced by Christina Piovesan ; producer, Paul Barkin
- Title variation
- Amerrika
- Contributor
-
- Ziegler, Joseph
- First Generation Films (Firm)
- Image Nation (Firm)
- Levantine Entertainment (Firm)
- National Geographic Entertainment (Firm)
- Virgil Films (Firm)
- Abbass, Hiam
- Abu-Warda, Yussuf
- Barkin, Paul
- Dabis, Cherien, 1976-
- Faour, Nisreen, 1972-
- Muallem, Melkar
- Piovesan, Christina
- Shawkat, Alia, 1989-
- Subject
-
- Mothers and sons -- Drama
- Palestinian Arabs -- United States -- Drama
- Single mothers -- Drama
- West Bank -- Drama
- Arab American women -- Drama
- Feature films
- Feature films -- Canada
- Feature films -- United States
- Fiction films
- Illinois -- Drama
- Immigrants -- United States -- Drama
- Arab American families -- Drama
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Cataloging source
- TEFMT
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- Director of photography, Tobias Datum ; editor, Keith Reamer ; music, Kareem Roustom
- Dewey number
- 791.43/72
- Intended audience
- MPAA Rating: PG-13; for brief drug use involving teens and some language
- Language note
- In Arabic and English with English subtitles
- LC call number
- PN1997.2
- LC item number
- .A47 2009
- PerformerNote
- Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat, Joseph Ziegler, Yussef Abu Warda
- Runtime
- 96
- Technique
- live action
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