Amreeka

• 6.7 Drama
• 2009-06-17
• 96 minutes mins

Eager to provide a better future for her son, Fadi, divorcée Muna Farah leaves her Palestinian homeland and takes up residence in rural Illinois -- just in time to encounter the domestic repercussions of America's disastrous war in Iraq. Now, the duo must reinvent their lives with some help from Muna's sister, Raghda, and brother-in-law, Nabeel.

Starring:

Nisreen Faour (Muna Farah) Melkar Muallem (Fadi Farah) Hiam Abbass (Raghda Halaby) Alia Shawkat (Salma Halaby) Jenna Kawar (Rana Halaby) Joseph Ziegler (Stan Novatski) Yussuf Abu-Warda (Nabeel Halaby) Selena Haddad (Lamis Halaby) Amer Hlehel (Samer) Suheila Muallem (Jamie)

Director:

Cherien Dabis

Writer:

Cherien Dabis