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amreeka

• drama
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• 92 mins
• Release Date: september 4, 2009
• Starring: nisreen faour, melkar muallem, hiam abbass, alia shawkat... more »
• Director: cherien dabis

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• Rating: pg-13 for brief drug use involving teens, and some language
• Official Site: http://www.amerrika-lefilm.com/
• Cast: nisreen faour, melkar muallem, hiam abbass, alia shawkat, jenna kawar, selena haddad, yussuf abu-warda, joseph ziegler, andrew sannie, daniel boiteau
• Director: cherien dabis
• Writer: cherien dabis
• Synopsis: a palestinian single mom and her teenage son arrive in rural illinois to escape a life of oppression, only to face the fallout from america's war on iraq.

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