AMREEKA
Muhr Arabic Feature
Winner of Muhr Arab / Feature /Best Actress: Nisreen Faour (Actor / Actress)
Synopsis
The search for one's own identity, caught between two cultures, is at the heart of debut director Cherien Dabis's critically-acclaimed feature film. 'Amreeka' chronicles the adventures of Muna, a single mother who leaves the Palestinian West Bank with Fadi, her teenage son, with dreams of an exciting future in the promised land of small-town Illinois. In the heart of the Midwest, the Arab newcomers arouse a variety of reactions - but as her son navigates high school hallways the way he used to move through military checkpoints, the indomitable Muna scrambles together a new life cooking up falafel burgers at the local White Castle fast-food joint.
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Cast & Credits
- Director: Cherien Dabis
- Producer: Al-Zain Al-Sabah, Cherien Dabis, Christina Piovesan, Liz Jarvis, Paul Barkin
- Scriptwriter: Cherien Dabis
- Cinematographer: Tobias Datum
- Editor: Keith Reamer
- Composer: Kareem Roustom
- Cast (in alphabetical order): Alia Shawkat, Hiam Abbass, Melkar Muallem, Nisreen Faour, Yussef Abu-Warda
15+
