| 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 |
