04466cgm a2200757 4500 265812064 TxAuBib 20160620120000.0 160620s2009||||||||||||||||||||||v|und|u (OCoLC)476895725 TxAuBib Amreeka [DVD] / National Geographic Entertainment presents ; a National Geographic/Imagenation Abu Dhabi release ; in association with Levantine Entertainment ; Maximum Film International in association with Levantine Entertainment presents ; a film by Cherien Dabis ; a First Generation Films production ; an Alcina Pictures/Buffalo Gal Pictures/EVMG production ; in association with Rotana Studios and Showtime Arabia ; written and directed by Cherien Dabis ; produced by Christina Piovesan ; producer, Paul Barkin ; executive producers, Alicia Sams, Cherien Dabis, Gregory Keever. Director of photography, Tobias Datum ; production designer, Aidan Leroux ; editor, Keith Reamer ; costume designer, Patricia Henderson ; music by Kareem Roustom. Widescreen. New York : Distributed by Virgil Films & Entertainment, LLC, 2009. 1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD release of the 2009 motion picture. Special features: "Make a wish" (a short film from director Cherien Dabis); Deleted scenes: Muna at the post office, Fadi at immigration, Muna and Raghda have lunch, Art school conversation; Outakes: Singing and dancing, Too much, Sing a long. Nisreen Faour, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat, Melkar Muallem, Yussef Abu Warda, Joseph Ziegler, Amer Hlehel, Selena Haddad, Jenna Kawar, Suheila Muallem. 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. MPAA Rating: PG-13; for brief drug use involving teens and some language. DVD-video; Widescreen (16:9) presentation; NTSC, all regions; Dolby digital. 20160620. English; In Arabic and English ; Arabic portions have English subtitles. Heartland Award: Truly Moving Picture; Winner Cannes Film Festival 2009, Fipresci Award. Single mothers Drama. Mothers and sons Drama. Palestinian Arabs United States Drama. Immigrants United States Drama. Arab American families Drama. Arab American women Drama. Arab American youth Drama. West Bank Drama. Illinois Drama. Fiction films. Feature films United States. Feature films Canada. Dabis, Cherien, 1976-, director. Piovesan, Christina, co-producer. Barkin, Paul, co-producer. Sams, Alicia, co-producer. Keever, Gregory, co-producer. Faour, Nisreen, 1972-, actor. Abbass, Hiam, actor. Shawkat, Alia, 1989-, actor. Muallem, Melkar, actor. Abu-Warda, Yussuf, actor. Ziegler, Joseph, actor. Hlehel, Amer, actor. Datum, Tobias, director of photography. Leroux, Aidan, production designer. Reamer, Keith, editor. Henderson, Patricia, costume designer. Roustom, Kareem, composer (expression). Virgil Films. Showtime Arabia. Rotana Studios. Eagle Vision Media Group. Buffalo Gal Pictures (Firm). Alcina (Firm). First Generation Films. Maximum Films. Levantine Entertainment (Firm). Image Nation (Firm). National Geographic Entertainment (Firm). TXDRI