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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
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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