"Amreeka" chronicles the adventures of Muna, a single mother who leaves the West Bank with Fadi, her teenage son, with dreams of an exciting future in the promised land of small town Illinois. Told with heartfelt humor, "Amreeka" is a universal journey into the lives of a family of immigrants and first-generation teenagers caught between their heritage and the new world in which they now live and the bittersweet search for a place to call home.

GENRE: Drama
MPAA RATING: PG-13
RUN TIME: 1h 32m
RELEASE DATE: September 04, 2009
STARRING: Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat, Jenna Kawar
DIRECTOR(S): Cherien Dabis
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WRITER(S): Cherien Dabis
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OFFICIAL MOVIE WEBSITE: http://www.amerrika-lefilm.com/ http://www.amerrika-lefilm.com/