Amreeka (2009) [N/A]

Release Date:
June 17, 2009

Original Title:
Amreeka

Alternate Titles:
Amerrika
樂透美國夢

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Alcina Pictures
Buffalo Gal Pictures
Eagle Vision Media Group
First Generation Films
Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ
Levantine Entertainment
MFM
Maximum Film International
National Geographic
R.A. Abdoo & Co.
Rotana Studios
Showtime Arabia
Violet Jabara Foundation

Production Countries:
Canada | Jordan | Kuwait | United Arab Emirates | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 96

Life's best adventures are journeys of the heart.

Eager to provide a better future for her son, Fadi, divorcée Muna Farah leaves her Palestinian homeland and takes up residence in rural Illinois -- just in time to encounter the domestic repercussions of America's disastrous war in Iraq. Now, the duo must reinvent their lives with some help from Muna's sister, Raghda, and brother-in-law, Nabeel.

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Director:
Cherien Dabis

Director of Photography:
Tobias Datum

Editor:
Keith Reamer

Executive Producer:
Cherien Dabis
Greg Keever
Alicia Sams

Line Producer:
George Khleifi

Original Music Composer:
Kareem Roustom

Producer:
Paul Barkin
Christina Piovesan
Zain Al-Sabah
Liz Jarvis

Production Design:
Aidan Leroux

Writer:
Cherien Dabis

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