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245 00 a| Amreeka /c| National Geographic Entertainment presents ; a National Geographic/Imagenation Abu Dhabi release ; in association with Levantine Entertainment ; written and directed by Cherien Dabis ; produced by Christina Piovesan ; producer, Paul Barkin.;

246 1 i| Subtitle on disc and container:a| Amreekab| Life's best adventures are journeys of the heart;

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546 a| In Arabic and English with English subtitles.;

511 1 a| Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat, Yussef Abu Warda, Joseph Ziegler.;

508 a| Director of photography, Tobias Datum ; editor, Keith Reamer ; music, Kareem Roustom.;

500 a| DVD release of the 2009 motion picture.;

521 8 a| MPAA Rating: PG-13; for brief drug use involving teens and some language.;

520 a| 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.;

500 a| Special features: "Make a wish" - a short film from director Cherien Dabis; deleted scenes; outakes.;

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Amreeka / National Geographic Entertainment presents ; a National Geographic/Imagenation Abu Dhabi release ; in association with Levantine Entertainment ; written and directed by Cherien Dabis ; produced by Christina Piovesan ; producer, Paul Barkin.

Format	Video (DVD)
Publication Info	[United States] : National Geographic Entertainment ; New York : Virgil Films, ©2009.
Description	1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Supplemental Content	Connect to reviews of this title online
Subjects	DVD-Video discs. Single mothers--Drama. Mothers and sons--Drama. Palestinian Arabs--United States. --Drama. Immigrants--United States. --Drama. Arab American families--Drama. Arab American women--Drama. West Bank--Drama. Illinois--Drama.

Other author/creator	Dabis, Cherien, 1976- screenwriter, director.
Other author/creator	Piovesan, Christina, producer.
Other author/creator	Barkin, Paul, producer.
Other author/creator	Faour, Nisreen, 1972- actor.
Other author/creator	Muallem, Melkar, actor.
Other author/creator	Abbass, Hiam actor.
Other author/creator	Shawkat, Alia, 1989- actor.
Other author/creator	Ziegler, Joseph, actor.
Other author/creator	Abu-Warda, Yussuf, actor.
Other author/creator	Virgil Films
Other author/creator	National Geographic Entertainment (Firm)
Other author/creator	Imagenation Abu Dhabi (Firm)
Other author/creator	Levantine Entertainment (Firm)
Other author/creator	First Generation Films (Firm)
Variant title	Subtitle on disc and container: Amreeka Life's best adventures are journeys of the heart
Abstract	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.
General note	DVD release of the 2009 motion picture.
General note	Special features: "Make a wish" - a short film from director Cherien Dabis; deleted scenes; outakes.
Credits	Director of photography, Tobias Datum ; editor, Keith Reamer ; music, Kareem Roustom.
Cast	Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat, Yussef Abu Warda, Joseph Ziegler.
Audience	MPAA Rating: PG-13; for brief drug use involving teens and some language.
Technical details	DVD.
Language	In Arabic and English with English subtitles.
Genre/form	Fiction films.
Genre/form	Feature films.
Genre/form	Feature films United States.
Genre/form	Feature films Canada.
UPC	829567066621
Publisher number	670666 National Geographic Entertainment/Virgil Films

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Amreeka / National Geographic Entertainment presents ; a National Geographic/Imagenation Abu Dhabi release ; in association with Levantine Entertainment ; written and directed by Cherien Dabis ; produced by Christina Piovesan ; producer, Paul Barkin.

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