Amreeka

Muna, a single mother in Ramallah, has applied for a visa to the US. When it comes, her son Fadi, an excellent student, convinces her they should go. After an incident at customs begins their exile badly, they join Muna s sister and family in Illinois. Muna needs a job: although she has two degrees and 15 years experience in banking, she settles for work at White Castle, telling the family her job s at a nearby bank. It s spring, 2003, and the US invades Iraq. While friends come from unlikely places, Fadi meets prejudice at school. How he ll respond to it and to American youth culture and how Muna will sort things out with her family are the rest of the story. Tragedy or hope? Written by Amreeka is a 2009 English-language Drama motion picture featuring Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat, Yussuf Abu-warda, Joseph Ziegler and Vanessa Mayberry. Amreeka was Produced by Christina Piovesan, Paul Barkin and Zain Al Sabah. The film is written and directed by Cherien Dabis. National Geographic Entertainment acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Amreeka was released on 17th June 2009 in English and Arabic languages and takes a screen time of 96 minutes. The motion picture made a box office gross of $2 million. Editing was done by Keith Reamer. The music was composed by Doug Bernheim.
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