Nisreen Faour Melkar Muallem Hiam Abbass Alia Shawkat Yussuf Abu-Warda Joseph Ziegler Miriam Smith
Edited by
Keith Reamer
Music by
Doug Bernheim
Distributed by
Rotana Studios National Geographic Entertainment Imagenation
Release dates
January 17, 2009 (2009-01-17) (Sundance Film Festival)
September 4, 2009 (2009-09-04) (United States)
October 30, 2009 (2009-10-30) (Canada)
Running time
96 minutes
Countries
United States Canada Kuwait Palestine
Languages
English Arabic
Box office
$2,147,715[1]
Amreeka is a 2009 independent film written and directed by first-time director Cherien Dabis. It stars Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat, Yussuf Abu-Warda, Joseph Ziegler, and Miriam Smith.
Amreeka documents the lives of a Palestinian American family in both the West Bank and Post-9/11 suburban Chicago. It premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and opened to critical praise at a number of other important venues.[2][3] National Geographic Entertainment bought all theatrical and home entertainment rights to Amreeka after its debut at Sundance.[4]
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with Amreeka which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. The film also opened to critical praise other important venues. The DVD for Amreeka was...
America, meaning the United States; usually meant derogatorily. Amreeka, a 2009 film (Amreeka the Arabic pronunciation for America) America (disambiguation)...
the Board for Image Nation, and Michael Garin, Chief Executive Officer. Amreeka (2009) Shorts (2009) My Name Is Khan (2010) The Crazies (2010) Furry Vengeance...
Visitor (2008), Lemon Tree (2008), Every Day Is a Holiday (2009), and Amreeka (2009). She appeared in Spielberg's film Munich, depicting the response...
Ma'alot-Tarshiha, best known for her role as Muna in the 2009 American film, Amreeka. Faour was born in Ma'alot-Tarshiha, Israel, and moved to the United States...
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(Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): Feature films Ajami by Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani Amreeka by Cherien Dabis Carcasses by Denis Côté Change Nothing (Ne change rien)...
company First Generation Films in 2007. Miracle Mile - 2004 My Father - 2007 Amreeka - 2007 The Whistleblower - 2010 Red Lights - 2012, coproducer The Lesser...
in any language other than Arabic. His books include: Egypt Revisited Amreeka ya Weeka A Donkey from the East Memoirs of the Mischievous Boy An Idler...
audiences. Projects that they consulted on include National Geographic's Amreeka; Disney's Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and the Broadway adaptation...
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Smithsonian Terminator Salvation Cultural Crossover Award District 9 (WON) Amreeka The Stoning of Soraya M. Bravest Performance Award Mo'Nique – Precious...
Best Feature Best Director Precious (500) Days of Summer Amreeka The Last Station Sin nombre Lee Daniels – Precious Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – A Serious...
Glagoleva for Odna voyna Best Arabic Film: Amreeka by Cherien Dabis Best Arabic Screenplay: Cherien Dabis for Amreeka Arabic Film Special Mention: Heliopolis...
Columbia University. She published her first book in 2009, A Country Called Amreeka. From 2011 to 2013, she lived in Damascus, Syria. Her memoir The Home That...
Lucky 2005. Niagara Motel 2007. My Winnipeg 2007. The Stone Angel 2009. Amreeka 2009. High Life 2010. Locked Down 2010. How to Start Your Own Country 2011...
Them In The Eyes (2007), documentary, 50 minutes, dir: Azza EL-Hassan Amreeka (2009) Apples of the Golan (2012) Arba'a aghani li Filasteen (2001) Arna's...
film critic Cherien Dabis (2004) - filmmaker, screenwriter - The L Word, Amreeka Sabrina Dhawan - screenwriter, Monsoon Wedding Scott Ferguson (1990) -...
Scottish and Latin music. The song "He Hesitated" appeared in the 2009 film Amreeka. Many of the songs on the album were culled from her father's personal...
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